The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-03


 be up there. There are a number of changes in the standing this morn ing which are more or less interest ing to Birmingham. Take for instance, the Barons. By virtue of their vic zery over the Crackers yesterday, while Nashville was nosing out Mem phis went into third place and by fairly comfortable margin at that. The Chicks were displaced while At lanta drops into the second division. Even if we lose today perish the thought-and Memphis should win. we would still be perched in third place, or rather on half of third place, as the Chicks would have percentage equal to ours.
 It gets rather monotonous, this call ing attention to the same thing day after day, but we rise to remark that we have a real ball team despite the fact that there are some pessimistic fans, among the number being many gamblers whose indorsement is of no avail anyway. Birmingham so far has played seven games on the home lot and in no instance have the Barons been returned in second place We are pulling with all our might for vic tory this afternoon and then we wouldn't spill any tears of blood should the team drop one to New Orleans, for, of course, we have to lose sometime. Frankly, we had rath- CT beat Frank than any other man in the league and this pleasure is sweet ened by the remembraince of the dreadful things that happened to us in Crackerville.
 Cholly, it is whispered, came to Bir- mingham with the announced inten- ton of making clean sweep of the eight games scheduled after gobbling the four in Georgia without batting an eye. However, he has found Moley on his home lot an entirely different proposition from the team on the road. Scott Perry, who won twice in At lanta, got his bumps good and hard yesterday afternoon, the boys finding him with comparative ease Cholly Frank erupted in the Journal before his departure for Birmingham that he allowed that any time he wanted a victory he would send Perry against the Barons to cop the needed win He must have wanted one the worst kind yesterday, for Perry was forced from the box when Neiderkorn was sent in to hit for him in the eighth but failed to deliver. That isn't to say that Ed Lafitte didn't, for this boy gave the bugs heart failure in the ninth by pinch-hitting for Day.
 
 A few details of the game wouldn't come amiss Yesterdays battle was the first in which the Barons have come through without breaking into the error column They played it per fectiy, showed good baseball judgment, and hit savagely at opportune mo- ments. You can't beat that combina- ton. It begins to look as if the team was gradually finding itself and before the fans know it Moley will have welded it into one of his famous fight Ing machines that put gray hairs in the heads of other managers.
 But back to the game The Barons punched their hits in the second and sixth and showed over two taIlies in each frame. These were sufficient Brother Derrick contributed materially with his three bagger to the left field rleachers. This is getting to be regular habit with this boy, as he planted one in the same spot Tuesday. Whlch came in exceedingly handy. In the second yesterday Bill Lindsay scratched hit through the pitchers box when his bounder eluded Perry On an attempted hit and run Derrick failed to connect and Bill was out at second.
 Then the artillery started, Derrick tripled to deep left and scored when Moiey revived the ancient but still useful squeeze play. Carroll was the man with the gun and laid down a perfect one down the first base line. Derrick raced across and Mayer had trouble getting the runner at first IS ne fiddled around with the pellet be- fore deciding where to throw. Red" smith stung one through second and Karl Black worked his opponent for a walk Red" scored and Black went to third on little Catons double to left.
 This Caton lad is a favorite with the stands and never comes to the plate without receiving a hand Karl Black Is another favorite with the ladies. but they had to laugh yesterday when Herr LoudenSlager swung himself en- tirely off his feet trying to locate one Of Scott Perry's benders. While Karl is darn good pitcher he is not noted