The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
Cursbnw's Biggest Year.

Cursbnw's Biggest Year.
 Uncle Wilbert Robinson prob- ably figured couple of years ago that George Cutshaw's sun was setting, orNhe would never have traded him to Pittsburg along with Casey Stengle and others for Burleigh Grimes. Cut shaw, always a reliable player, never really came into his own until this season, however. As the Pirates began making mad dash pennantward Cutshaw took a new lease on life. He has been hitting well all season, and at present boasts a hitting aver age of $50 He's runner-up for batting honors with Rogers, Hornsby leading.
 The Traynor Case
 The fact that Cutshaw is hit ting far better than Traynor could hope to hit against National league pitching, and that the one and only Rabbit Maranville is looking after the short field for the Pirates, naturally leads to a guessing contest as to why Traynor was recalled at this stage of the game.
 Pie has never played third-base and that's the only spot left open for newcomer. Barnhart has played in a majority of the games this season. Maybe they're figuring on giving Pie some fall lessons on playing the bag, in or der that he might be able to take up the work there next sum mer. Certain it is that the Pi- rates are planning to use him somewhere on the infield by the time another campaign rolls around.
 Maybe after all, however, it was merely a scheme of Bar ney Dreyfuss' to let the boy share in the cut of the world series melon, should the Pirates come through, or a guarantee for capa- ble infielding, should an injury occur in the ranks, as the Pi- rates make their last stand for the flag.
 Scedule May Help
 Naturally, almost every fan in Birmingham is pulling for the Buccaneers to win out over the Giants in the scramble for the flag. The answers easy: Bir- mingham has such a goodly num- Der of former Barons on the pay roll of Pittsburg. There are Glazner, Morrison, Barnhart, and Traynor.
 The Pirates ran into an elong- ated slump, just when it seemed they'd about cinched matters, and the Giants, who had been playing in-and- out ball all year, sprung the spurt. There is one thing which favors the Corsairs, however. The schedule makers were kind to the Plttsburgers. A majority of their games from now until the end of the campaign are to be fought out on home soil, while the McGrawyans will be fighting on foreign soil in most of the battles.
 The real punching power of the Barons against the Chicks was not put on display until MOleyinn forces lost all chance of winning the pernant. Then. with nothing at stake they went in and trounced the Icngue-lend-, CTS.
 Hanlon off For Atlanta
 Eddie Hanlon, the local pug, who won on foul from Young Leonard the other night, left Bir- mingham Wednesday for Atlanta. where he was called on account of the illness of his mother. Ed die said he would return to Bir- mingham the latter part of the week. and then ship for Cincin- nati, where he has been booked to appear in a couple of fights in the near future. Hanlon Is also expecting to take on some other welter at the B. A. c. sometime during September.
 Jess Willard, who haS gone in training for n prospective bout with Jack Dempsey says he weights 285 pounds. hut that he'll he trained down to 2SS by the time he meets Dempsey. No need of taking off nll that weight, as Jack the Demp would knock some of 1t off for him.
 Parson Lankenau. the Vol pitcher is a queer sort of person. He Joined the Vols soma tiua f.