The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-12
SPORTS
FOOD FOR RANDOM
BY FRED BoDEKER

do SO. The Vols cannot make the
jump to Nashville in time for a.
game Sunday if they play in New
Orleans Saturday. Furthermore. the
Nashville fans have planned a big
celebration to greet the Vols when
they return from their southern trip
late Saturday afternoon. A brass
band and all the other accessories
to a pennant jubilee will be in at
tendance. Meanwhile A. julius
Heinemann, who was a member of
the schedule committee. and let this
terrific break" slip past him, will
bemoan the rifling of his ex-
chequer and sit moodily in silence
in an empty stand Saturday after
noon, while his athletes paint up
the town.
Kid E1berfeld must have certain
ly got peeved in Mobile recently,
the scribes of the Gull town are
describing the feat The Mobile
Register writes as follows:
when a ball player SO far for
gets himself as to threaten the life
of an umpire, on the playing field
and in hearing of spectators. it's
time to call a halt Kid Elberfeld,
manager of the Chattanooga team,
yesterday threatened to plug" UNI
pire Cy Morgan if the latter sent
in a fine of $40 assessed against
Catcher Kitchens of the Chatta-
nooga club. These two caused the
most disgraceful scene that has
ever been witnessed on a baseball
field in this city and one that they
won't get away with. l-
"The trouble arose over decis-
ion in the ninth inning. Kitchens
was at bat. In attempting
squeeze" play he fouled the third
strike. Umpire Morgan ruled him
out, holding that he had fouled the
ball in trying to bunt third
strike. Kitchens contended he did
not bunt at the ball, but hit at
it. He jostled the umpire about the
plate, putting his bat against the
arbiter and showing him around. A
fine of $40 was plastered on him.
For a moment it looked as if Kitch-
ems had so far forgotten himself that
he would strike the umpire. At about
this time kid Elberfeld. in citi-
zens clothes and with no right what
ever on the playing field, rushed out
from the bench. He Joined In the
argument. Realizing that the Chat-
tanooga manager had no right on the
field, he was ordered off by the UNI
pire. He took his time about leaving.
When half way to the bench he turned
and loudly remarked: You send in
that fine and we'll plug you.'
1.-THE remark was audible throughout
the stand. Everyone heard it. 1t was
the climax to season of umpire balt-
ing for the Chattanooga manager but
,o,s inns
is due for a set-down. Umpire Nor
gan will surely go through with the
fine of SO assessed against the Chat
tanooga catcher. He cannot afford
to back up now, even if he wanted to-.
Elberfeld has made his threat, and
if allowed to get away with 1T, Nor
gan would have one sweet time get
ting through this league as an UNI
pire He'd be showing the well known
yellow streak before he's in the league
two weeks and life would be made
mwiserable for him.
Roy ELAN has conceded himself the
rag. Roy ventures to talk as follows
to a hometown scribe:
We've had our share of accidents,
said ELAN, in tanning bee Thursday.
SAT the start of the season Lee was
Out WIFI d SpT dIlhiC. Nioh SUI
fered an ailment with his arm and had
to visit Bonesetter Reese. Kaufman's
knee was busted up and we had to
worry along for week. Art Kores,
too was out of the game for few
days. OF course, we've been lucky In
some respects, but I attribu ute our sue
cess to the boys playing good ball and
hustling every inch Of the ground
We're never beaten until the last man
is OUT
Another thing continued Roy,
"our lineup has been intact since May
a. when we had to get within the
player limit. Every club in the league
has changed up from time to time. We
stood pat, and believe it is the first
ball club in six or seven years that
has gone through the season with IA
men, so it isn't hard to realize that
our fellows have played the game"
Marshall, emergency catcher, has
been used for in and outfeld duty,
and Lee was brought to the infield
when Kores Joined the jinx brigade
recently.
Good pitching too. asserts ELAN,
is responsible for success of the Vol
unteers. In Rogers, Ellis, Herbert,
Kroh and Wells, Roy says he has got
more good hurting than any club in
the league, and is of the opinion that
Rogers will have no trouble remain
ing a big Lacquer.