The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-10
AGE AND REVERSES FAIL TO DECRESEA
 PEPPER OF WALKER
Vet of Washington Senators Gets Joy Out of Piloting
 SipSey
By HENRY VANCE

Dixie Walker, the original who at one time was the teammate of Walter Johnson and the battery mate of Gabby Street on the Washington club, hove into baseball headquarters We'd nesday. Dixie is now high mogul of the Sipsey team in the Walker County league and he visited Moley on a spe- cial mission He is seeking to arrange a game between the Barons and his boys to be played in Jasper just as soon as the Barons get in condition.
 Walker. who has done much to raise the baseball standard in the mining sections of Walker county, has not only made good in a baseball way, but he is going along good financially, and despite his years in the service he is still pitching good ball when the oc- casion demands. Such good ball, in fact that he stated he was offered couple of good contracts last season by Johnny Dobbs of the New Orleans club, and Kid Elberfeld of the pennant winning Travellers Dixie turned a deaf ear to both offers, however, as serting that he knew just exactly winch side of his bread had oleo on it. and that in the long run a good job in Sipsey was better than fat contract in Class A company for a veteran of his years.
 GIVES COX BOOST | Dixie. in discussing baseball talent 1 out his way, commented on the fact that he had Ernie Cox in tow for the coming summer Ernie has played pro- | fessonal baseball in the Sally and other minor leagues, but Dixie says | hn ahi fn sat ft,a Southern league on fire. As matter | of fact the lad has been offered good 1 contracts, but the veteran Senator says that Cox has voted to pass up the | organized game for a berth in the min | ing league.
 He also touted Meekin, a second baseman with the Sipsey team, as be- q ing about ready to perform in Class | A company.
 Despite the fact that Walker has played to the plaudits of the fans in the American league, and romped on the same team with some of the great est stars Baseball has ever produced. he has not lost one ounce of interest in the game, now that. he has retired from actual professional service. One I would think that a man who at one time occupied the spotlight in the fastest league of the country would | f1nd 1lltle Iun Tn klchlnS dfouHu III an independent semi-pro league all most in baseball obscurity-but not so | with Dixie.
 He doesn't find the work down there boring or monotonous in any way Dixie will talk to you of the glories Of | winning a game for Sipsey, or the phenoms he is developing for futurs service in organized baseball with all the pep and enthusiasm tl.at he used to discuss the baseball happenings of the day with Walter Johnson. Gabby Street George Mcbride, Rube Waddell Christy Mathewson Eddie Plank and the rest of the boys who made base ball history.
 TAKES INTEREST IN JOB
 Too often a man who has starred al the game looks upon his task as a minor one, when he drifts to the bushes. He considers game of ball as couple of hours work and when 1 it is over, all thought of baseball passes out of his mind. He knows that the spotlight no longer dwells upon his performances. He realizes that the scene of his activities is so 1 far removed from the daily press that 7 he will not even break into print. As result he makes a pitiful stab at carrying on gives up the job as fruit