The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-14
LEADING PEL|CANS HAVE NO TROUBLE ID STAY IN FRONT DObbs' Men Win 8 Straight Games, Taking Every
 Game Played BARONS CONTINUE TO PLAY WINNING BALL MOley's Men Take Series From Chicks and Travelers-Manager Me-
 Intyre Strengthens His
 Lowly Aggregation

Atlanta, May 13-The New Orleans team, leading the race for the pennant in the Southern association, wrung vic tory from every team the Pelcans en- countered during the last week record ing eight consecutive wins. The Peli- cans. robbed of play Monday with Chat taonooga on account of rain, drew a double victory from the Lookouts on Tuesday. won again on Wednesday, and defeated Nashville three games, one Thursday and two on Saturday.
 With these scalps in their belt, the Pelicans faced the Birmingham Barons today and scored another victory from the pennant contenders, to 4 Bir- mingham tried hard to run it's score above the Pels, using four of it's pitchers, Ponder, Johnston, Hill and Black
 The Barons were beated Wednesday by Memphis, but won two of the series, then scores wins from Little Rock Thursday and Friday, dropping to them the third of the series on Saturday. The Barons record for the week was four victories against losses.
 If there was any exceptionally inter- esting ball from the standpoint of the spectato tors, it was furnished in Atlanta Friday, when the Crackers, playing Mem phis, stole nine bases and behind the pitching of Otto Hess defeated their op- ponents, to i. Virtually all of the
 Crackers games at home during the week were played in cold north wind. Monday 1t rained and on Tuesday dou- ble header with Nashville resulted in an even break. The Crackers lost Wednes- day to Nashville, then made it two out of three from Memphis. Atlantas game
 today with Chattanooga resulted in a Cracker victory by the score of 12 to s. Chattanooga slumped during the weeks play, failing to hold as satis- factory a record during it's six-game sch edule it did a week ago, winning 1 only two of the six contests, and both of these from the Mobile Gulls.
 l Memphis kept pace with the Little l Rock Travellers and the Volunteers scoring three victories during the week, l one each from Atlanta, Birmingham and Little Rock. In Little Rocks play 1 for the week, the Travellers got away Monday with a victory from the Mobile team, taking the other of the series
 
 | ing the last half of the week drew the Birmingham aggregation for opponents suffering two defeats. Today, they dropped another to Memphis.
 Nashville went through the week with a seven game scedule, winning three games, broke even with the Crackers in a doubleheader here Tues day, took the odd one from Atlanta on Wednesday and then dropped the series to the Pelicans. The Gulls afforded the Vols victory today, 8 to i.
 Manager Matty Mcintyre has been worried over his teams condition and the fact that it is down at the bottom of the ladder. It was announced Fri day he had obtained Pitcher Morrisette from Baltimore of the International league and two outfielders, Bennie and Allen Meyers from the Toronto club. What these new players will do to bolster up the team is to be seen. Dur ing the week the Gulls won a single victory out of six games scheduled. that from Little Rock on Tuesday