The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-28

Bowie! Six straight defeats Only two wins out of the last II games at Redwood, and all us pencil pushers were hollering ''waitll we get 'em on our own home grounds.''
 Don't weaken, boys We still believe the Barons have a good team. With a little better pitching and few breaks in luck things will be a lot diff ferent Moley is experimenting with his batting order now and unfortun- ately he had 'em arranged just wrong for yesterdays games. Ten hits were to fit in badly from Baronial view point.
 Coffindaffer will be ready to pitcn in a few days. After July our hurl- ing staff will look something like this, judging from present prospects: Cof- findaffer, Glazner, Morrison, Sigman and Slapnicka Then, if any of these choke up, Moley stands ready to buy good pitcher The chubby one is right on the job, make no mistake about that. and he's going to bring those Barons under the wire one. two, three. We'll lay good fall lid on that, too.
 Knocking never helped in anything. and the "tinhorn" speculator who soEs like baby because he dropped "six bits, on the home club will never have the sympathy of real sport lovers.
 We always feel hesitancy about telling another fellow how to run his business. but how would this do for the batting order. Moley?
 Mcdonald, Webb Bernsen, Duncan, Peters, Stevenson, Fisher, Hairston.
 Eddie and Steve are both good waft- CTS; Webb can bunt; Bernsen, Duncan and Peters are our best pinch hitters. Fisher is fast and Lucy" hits 'em sometimes at the crucial moment. We still believe Moley is the best man. ager in the league, but with luck breaking like it has been lately most any sort of shake-up is justified.
 Have you heard the sad story about the three Cs. Crews Cicotte and Causey? All started out like whirl- winds, but each is getting his every time he steps on the rubber these days.
 Cap" Bob Baugh told us last night
  down to New Orleans to bet on Bobby Jones against Nelson Whitney. MT. Baugh came up from the Pelican city last night and he stated that when he left there interest was at the highest pitch and Atlanta visitors were will ing to lay the family roll" on young Bobby. Imagine then the chagrin in the Windy City this morning. Whit ney got all the breaks, it's true. but his "birdies" so unnerved young Rob- ert that the latter went to pieces on the last nine.
 Umpiring in the Southern league may not be any worse this season than in the past. but it certainly seems so to us. One glaring fault we have to find with the arbiters is that they let base runners advance on flies to the outfield when they leave the bag De- fore the ball is caught. Brottem was more than 10 feet off second Tuesday when Hairston caught Kinsella's fly, and yesterday the same thing hap pened, though not quite so plainly, when a Chick runner scored on a fly to the gardens. Another quarrel we have to pick-wHile we're in such cheerful mood-why do Pfeninger and Shibley call each play before it is made? Several of us in the press box have watched this carefully and it's true in almost every case. PfeninSer invariably calls the play just before the ball reaches the fielder. How about it, Dan?
 'Kid'' Morrison even fell under tte jinx yesterday. but the kid should have had an easy shutout. The wet ball may have accounted for some bad throws. Eddie's error that lost that first game came after a rather diffi- cult chance. but the ball really oe- longed to Hairston. and Lucy" could have gotten it easily. Here's hoping Ellis is ready to play today.
 When Lewis 1eaped into the air and 'speared Fishers liner in the fifth that worthy threw Fentress few verbal bouquets about his luck. Things were certainly breaking wrong yesterday.
 Lefty" Sigman will probably oppose Cy Barger today Cy won't pitch un- less it's real hot. These veterans have to have their sun.
 Carl Manda was hit on the thumb by pitched ball and had to retire Tn the second game. If Manda is still A k-