The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY g, 1922
Former Mobile Catcher To Succeed MoIeSWorth
 As BaroniaI Manager
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 wanted change right away, They got in touch with Dunn. who was scouting through Dixie for the De- troit club, had him to come to Rir- | mingham for 8 conference, and then l asked him to confer with Cobb. He hurried back to Detroit and Tyrus readily consented to his coming to Birmingham.
 Played with Mobile
 The Southern league is nothing new | to Dunn, and, therefore. he will not come south with the mistaken idea | that so many new managers from the | east have Many new men, who for merly pastimed in the majors and come into the Southern league to take | the managerial reins. figure that the Southern Is bush league. They | throw a club together. find the going | Is stiffer than they had figured, and are soon kicked out into the cold. | cruel world for inefficiency. Mem phis tried for years before she finally landed pilot who recognized the strength of the major-minor, and who had sense enough to go out and corral bunch of real ball players with which to make his race. Dunn has e WI AhAhB AAOHEOoe0 OI dIIdlTb In In0 Southern loop. for several years ago he pastimed in this circuit as a catcher for tine Mobile club. He was player at that time, and a good one, pastiming there while Briscoe Lord was managing the club. He knows that the Southern league is a hot-bed of class. and he will receive instruc- tions from his new bosses to 20 out and assemble talent that will put winner In Birmingham at any cost. shake-up Expected
 The chances are that Dunn will make many switches. swaps and changes before the present race Is brought to close. A shake-up in the present lineup would not be sur prising. Just as soon as he gets the hang of things, diagnoses the real trouble with the Birminghanh outfit, and decides upon remedy some startling announcements may be forthcoming.
 Moley, tho retiring manager. will be missed He has been here for e period of 1e years and has been at tho helm for IA summers. He hung up quite tan snviable record while here and Dunn will step Into his shoes with pretty difficult assign ment cut out for him. And. while the fans regret to see Moley leave, as they had come to look upon him as a land mark and fiture, they will | give the new boss a cordial welcome and will pull for him to turn out winner. Many are living in hopes that he can put across 8 miracle or so. make the team right about face. and climb to the top before the end | of the present campaign. Others have considered 'em out of the race | for this year. and are building their l hopes on next year, when a general | house cleaning will take place in the Baronlaf ranks and an entire | new team assembled.
 May Tie Up With Detroit
 Fact that Rick looked to his per- sonal friend Ty Cobb to recommend a manager and fact that Cobb recom- mended one of his own scouts for the job leads many to believe that Birmingham will affiliate with the Detroit club at the end of the pres ent campaign and that the two clubs will work together after this. It has been known for some time that the Pittsburg and Birmingham clubs have been at outs for some time. the split coming when Birmingham ap- | pealed to Pittsburg for a couple of l l fielder. and the Pirate management turned a deaf ear to the 6. o. g. of their minor league brethren. | Moley had really started bolstering l earlier in the campaign and had been l given to understand that the help | from Pittsburg would arrive. That caused him to release Drake, who has | later developed into one of the best | pitchers in the league. Drake was 1 wild while with the Barons. and it was due to this trouble that he failed to make the grade. Eddie <-dcDon- ald got him for the Chattanooga club by the waiver route. and he has been the star of the 'Nooga pitching staff single joining the Lookouts-
 Pirate Agreement over
 Proxy Smith would neither confirm or deny the report that Birmingham and Detroit would have a working agreement next season. The trend of his talk was sufficient proof. how ever. that he considered the agree ment with Pittsburg at an end He stated that he didn't know but what | 1t was best for a minor league bali club to be hands off with any major league club and to go It's way and | buy players on tho open market when help was needed. The trouble with buddying with a major league club" said Mir. Smith, "is that they can hardly ever deliver when you call. In other words you are into your season before the weak spots appear so glaringly. The major league club with whom you are af- filiated is in it's season. too. Then when you call for help they might II need men at the particular ,spot, where you are shy. or they might ex- perience trouble in having the men you want waived out of the league 50 that they can be sent along to you"
 To Keep Stars
 This attitude lends strength to tho rumor that the Birmingham club will follow the policy of the Louis- yille club in the American associa- tion in the future. They will build a ball club in Birmingham and will keep their stars for other campaigns. rather than electing to sell promis- ing youngsters to the majors at a fancy figure.
 There is logic in Proxy Smiths at- titude about tying onte the apron strings of a major league club. The | opinion seems to prevail that Pitts burg has got far more out of Bir-
 mingham than Birmingham ever got out of her. And, too, 1t will be re-
 membered that In tho old days be- fore the Barons began selling piays CTS 50 profusely. and when they had
 no agreement with A>major league club, that just as soon as a weak spot appeared Rick got on tho train with a flock of check books and went east in search of talent. IL
 was an outright purchase that brought Harrys Covaieskie to Bir- ebam The game thing was true