The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

Recent fanfare and trumpetlng anenL the feats of Flip Neun in the American association this year very naturally in troduce further inquiry as to how other former Barons and Southern leaguers are going in the minors. Those in the majors demand no advertisement, as most of them at some time or other this season have been the subjects of black black face type and flambOyant stream CTS.
 In the same loop with Flip there is performing one of the finest ball play CTS ever turned out from the Southern Tex Covington. In the clamor con corning Neun's part in lifting St. Paul to the American leadership, Coving- toms part in the phenomenal work of his team the past three weeks has been generally overlooked. Given only one brief major trial, in which he did as we'll as could have been expected, Tex was then shipped back to the minors and for some inexplicable reason there he has been ever since. After reporting late and getting away to a slow start, he is now going at a terrific rate.
 One of the biggest shocks conceivable is that conveyed by the latest A bat ting averages, which demonstrates the fact that Pug Allen is clouting at in the neighbOrhood of .370 for the In- dianapolis Indians. Pug went better in the Texas league last year than he did here, but who would ever have predicted he would be hitting 100 points above his Southern league aver age? Ivy Griffin, ola Auburn, Allan ta and Athletic first sacker, is having another big year at Milwaukee in the same wheel.
 Shifting to the International, sister loop to the Association, one is again astonished to note that Red Holt, with Jersey City, is tied for the league lead ership in hitting with rousing .378 ]! Red will be remembered with the old B. R., l.. and F., and Fairfield teams in halcyon days of the T. c. l. league here.
 Walter Stewart, whose startling southpaw slinging last year helped a long way in relieving the gloom that at times hung in heavy cloude over Redwood, is going even better this year. He is with Toronto and, with the aid of Jess Doyle, ex-Cracker, has practically pitched the Leafs into sec Ond place, runners-up to the Baltimore Orioles. Claude Satterfield, Univer sity of Georgia star, who has many friends here, is also with the Cana dians. ell is pitching, but for all that has managed to clout .333 while in the game.
 Bill Webb, ever since his disappoint- ing 1919 showing here, has been tearing up in the International circuit; and this term is no exception. He is whang- ing the pellet at .333 clip, too. Harry Layne, another man who did none too we'll with the Barons, is the regular Toronto left fielder and sports batting average of .312 Doc Silva hasn't quite gotten out of a slump afflicting him since the start of the season, but he is lead-off man for Syracuse and is com ing strong now.
 Out on the Pacific coast, completing the list of Glass A minors, Salt Lake has cornered most of the ex-Baron tal- ent. Old Clint Trough, whom only the veteran fans will remember for his spectacular twirling around 1913, is still going along in excellent fashion. The fact that he is able to continue pitching in Salt Lake at all at his age is proof absolute of his endurance and stamina.
 Elmer Ponder has at last come out from under the ghastly streak of hard luck he has been bothered with for near ly two years. Last year Elmer was slated for the majors. but he was sick all year and couldn't win even on the coast. At the beginning of this season he was yet unready to go, but some three weeks ago he stepped onto the mound at the Mormon metropolis and shut out Portland, a well-nigh unheard of feat in Salt Lake. He has been go- ing well ever since and should be good buy for some major team if he can dodge his jinx.
 Leslie Sheehan, who was utility man for the locals in 1917 has found him self at last with the Salt Citians. Les, everybody here admitted, looked the part of a wonderful ball player; but somehow or other he couldn't hit. The only proof necessary to invalidate that argument now Is the statement that he is heading the Bees wreekiAg crew, whose averages are probably the high est in the country. Big John Peter