The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
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By Marvin MeCdrthQ

The Barons took an off day yesterday.
and will do the same today. However,
today's off day won't be disastrous
as yesterdays. The Barons split even
on their first series of this road trip.
Our next series Is with Little Rock, two
games. Then after having four contests
with the Memphis Chicks, the old ball
club returns to Redwood for II games
with Memphis. Little Rock, Nashville
and Chattanooga
The Lookout scribe expressed our sen.
timents exactly when he dubbed tina
Barons mysterious, and gave the follow
ing statement in support of his theory:
THE mysterious part of the Barons is
how they are able to keep as far down
in the race as they are, even with the
fierce pitching they have had. The team
leads the league in hitting, fields fast
and yet is hob-nobbing in the second
division"
Yes, it is mysterious. How de we do it?
With the team which Birmingham has
we ought to be close contender with
the Pels and the rest It's mystery
to us.
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yesterday they would now be tied for
first honors. The Pels frightened their
hold a little, however, by landing on
Pitcher Robinson. 1t seems to us that
Robinson is too DESTROYS of fattening
his average. For three consecutive days
he was credited with win, but when he
tried to make 1t four straight yesterday
he caught it in the neck
After al mo
such a gallant effort, to lose the game
the way he did. That is genuine bad
luck. Tiny allowed only three safetes,
but with two men on he threw the ball
away trying to put out the batter at
first, and thus threw the ball game away
also.
Morrison is not making the showing
that he did at the first of the season.
He lost his last three games. From
the showing made by the youngster at
the first of the season we are of the
opinion that he is merely playing in a
slump, and not gone wrong" as some
are beginning to believe.
Maddox, the one-armed wonder of the
Atlanta Cubs, demonstrated the fact that
he really knows how to pitch ball. AL
though he appeared to be merely mon.
keying along, the Ensley crew is willing
to admit that he can pitch. Not many OF
the Black Barons could hit him, and
none scored off him.
Well, it looks like the Atlanta crack
negro team is going to take it's money
back to Atlanta after all. However,
there is a chance for Birmingham team
to keep the same for them, as the Cubs
are going to play here the rest of the
week with Edgewater. They have ar
ranged a series with Acipco to be played
in August.
According to Leo P. Flynn. the SO.
called ancient mariner of fight mana
gers, Jack Dempsey is to have Bill Bren-
men. the Chicago heavyweight as his
next opponent. Dempsey is to receive
the lions share of the purse, and will
obtain from John (The BARBER Riesle,
a quit claim to his services, thus wip-
ing out for all time the controversy be
tween Riesles and the champion about
that old contract that caused so niue,
court trouble. Riesler has the match and
will manage the affair
There are big guns booming at the
fairgrounds nowadays, where the stata
shooting tourney is being held There
are some notable shots taking part, in
Guiding T. X. CTack Holel Lee. a world $
champion; E. I. Woodward. a Texas
star, E. NJ. Cornwall. Walter Huff, r.
H. Fox and many others of broad fame
E. T. Woodward starred in Mondays
shoot, a practice affair, and E. NJ Corn
wall took high score yesterday, break
ing LAB out of possible $50.