The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

getting more popular with the fans every day and before long when the Barons reach the first division, the old-time spirit will be flooding Rick wood.
 The Barons take the Lookouts on again today. Preacher Perryman is slated to work against Rube Marshall and another win wouldn't be surpris- ing. We need the money, Barons. Let's have the 'Noogans' scaI..
 Along in the latter part of July last year the Boston Red Sox slipped into the American league race and were never headed. Therefore, the fact that they grabbed the lead a few days ago is significant. Will history repeat?
 Our old friend, Fuzzy" Woodruff, after exhibiting wonderful patience, has broken with the Crackers. In the Georgian he writes:
 If ever a ball club needed the serv- ices of an undertaken, few pall- bearers and some mourners of the pro- fessional and mercenary variety, it was the Cracker ball club that went down in defeat before the Pels''
 Ernie Walker, who is setting the Dixie woods afire with his hefty bludgeon average, may be wearing the spangles of the Phils in 1917, if the good words spoken to Pat Moran by Scout Wolfe have any weight. The Philly ivory hunter gave both Pug Cavet and Ernie close, microscopic inspection in Little Rock and went away singing the praises of the former Brown.
 LoI F.; Browns his lack of strict attention to his knitting brought on his discard to the minors, for nobody ever ac- cused MT. Walker of being over-ener- getic. No sort of slabbing appears to hinder his clubbing orb, but his hook worm tendencies are apt to make rough sledding in the big time. Of course he might cut out his lazy man. ner and get down to brass tacks, and then nothing short of two broken legs would keep him on the bench.
 The fat fine which Wild William Donovan tackled on to Slim Caldwell, who in the 1915 campaign was the backbone of the Yankee box staff, recalls to mind the near manslaughter which Frank Chance brought to bear on the tall telegrapher when he was at the helm in Gotham. Caldwell never took trouble to read the training rules very carefully in all his major league career, and after fines and suspension had failed to cause him to tread the narrow lane, Chance under took, with his fists, to beat some gumption into Rays think, tank.
 With the result that he only bruised his own knuckles and failed to affect lasting cure, as is shown by Gala wells latest violation of the Yanks' rules.
 Isn't Jonathan Dobbs, who in these times is gleeful over the fact that his Pels are in second place, because it puts all the burden of worrying on Skipper Ellam, the same MT. Dobbs who back in June said something like this:
 Now that we are on top. they will never see us fall"
 Up in Chicago, Joseph Faversham Tinker, maker of the Federal league, and unmaker of the Ward fortunes thereby, continues to pull freakish stunts with his Cub cage. After swap ping Art Wilson, the former Giant , homerrun clubber, to the Pirate flock, when amalgamating his Cubs and Federals in the spring, now the Windy City chief turns up by framing a deal whereby he gets the same Wilson gent back.
 And what is more. tossed in as boot, along with Bill Fischer. the ex- Dodger. Wildfire Frank Shulte, who has wielded one of the heaviest war clubs in behalf of the Cub flock in the cburrent campaign.
 Although Weeghman and Dreyfuss are credited with arranging the swap, it is admitted that both Joe Tinker and Jimmy Callahan were consulted, and as yet no gent can be found who is willing to admit that the Pirates were worsted in this deal Maybe that's why they call 'em Pirates.
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