The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-06

the series from the pesky bunch of mountaineers.
 Tex Mcdonald is preparing t odepart for the Mobile bay and spend the re- mainder of his time that he is out of the game in taking little vacation. Tex has not completely recovered as yet, but will be in fine trim at the ex- piration of his limit on the ineligible. Dick Robertson will leave this morn ing for Chattanooga to join his tean- mates Dickie will hardly get chance to face the Elberfeld bunch unless he works in the final game on Saturday.
 Exile to the bench has put no dim mers on the swatting orb of Samuel Crawford, who was drafted from in- activity to his old duties in fly chas- ing when Tyrus Coop exploded. In both tussles the Nebraska barber has smashed the enemys shazp-shooters for a bushel of basehits. And yet Bancroft Johnson up and allowed as how he was opposed to having some "bench warmer sent in as pinch hitter. The big czar could not have been thinking of Wahoo Samuel when he emitted his lament against the pinch swatter. ,.,.'....
 AlLnOuBn ne employs lHe ilOol liou- blesome brand of delivery from con- trol standpoint that boxmen know, Grover Cleveland Alexander has dis played uncanny mastery over his side arm twisters in the present campaign. In IT full tussels Big Alex has issued but IS free trips to the initial station.
 Yet it is his marvellous control-like that which Chief Meyers characterized as a rocking chair delivery from Big IL oIr@e F, 41A Caa ond easiest finger to hit safely in the big circuit Only "Inppo" Vaughn of the Cubs has allowed more than the 121 base hits which have been com piled off the Mighty Alex, for rival swatsmiths, knowing well that the Philly phenom can "get 'em over" stand up without fear and take a cut
 The same explanation goes for the ease with which Walter Johnson, for all his blinding speed, is swatted safe ly. In 20 games the Idaho wonder has handed out three dozen passes. He can put his near-human fast ball where he wants it. And hostile clubbers have dented him for 140 hits to date, because they harbor no fear of checking the smoke off wild heave with some part of their anatomy.
 That kayo. punch which Sam Agnew landed on Clark Griffith, as an out come of an alleged exhibition of the 'Dean balT' practice on the part of Carl Mays, has raised a loud hulla- baloo all over the big show. Charles Ebbetts is bawling that the Brave fingers came within an ace of shoot ing off the think tanks of Casey Sten- gel and Jake Daubert, while Clark Griffith vows he will have an end put to this head sharpshooting or quit the battlefield.
 Whether there be anything or not in the long standing rumor that the red hosed fingers were inclined to dust 'em off it stands out as a damaging fact that more than two dozen bat ters in the American circuit have al- ready been slammed by some of Car rigan's fingers. Dutch" Leonard, who it is passed around, boasts that he can drive Tyrus Cobb and other swat smiths back from the dish, divides the hit batter honors with Babe" Ruth. The two gunners have, six each. Carl Mays, who so aroused the Georgia Jewel last summer that he threatened to lead a lynching party after the Carrigan finger; Vean Gregg, Long Shore and George Foster have three each to their credit or discredit, as the case may be, while Herb Pen- mock has only hit one batter. Still, the ex-Athletic has been in but few games. He should do better.