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BARONS WIN DECISIVE BATTLE
WITH ARTHUR JOHNSON PITCHING
Sloan and Hemingway Hit
the Ball in Timely
Fashion
CRACKERS REGISTER
ONLY FIVE BINGLES
Crackers' Errors Are Costly and the
Game Is Slow and Marred
by 'Bickering of the
Visitors
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Nashville . 12 0 3 • 1
New Orleans. 11 8 3 .727
Memphis. 12 7 -»>83
Birmingham . 12 6
Mobile. H 5 r» <rr’
Chattanooga . 11 4 7 .364
Atlanta . 12 4 8 .333
Little Rock. 11 3 8 .273
Results Yesterday
Birmingham 5, Atlanta 2.
Chattanooga 6. Little Rock 0.
New Orleans 5, Mobile 0.
Memphis 2, Nashville 0.
Games Today
Mobile at New Orleans.
Chattanooga at Memphis.
Little Rock at Nashville.
By RICHARD F. LlSSIF.lt
Arthur .lohnnon Hinged n successful
eomehnek yesterday afternoon at
Rlekwood Field and held the Atlanta
Cracker* to five widely scattered lilts,
winning by the score of 6 to 2. It
was a slow and raggedly played game
on the part of Atlanta, but the Barons
fielded In good style and hit timely.
Manager Billy Smith, having seen
•e^eral of his pitchers get bumped
•everely, started Hlelt, a recrul! who
baa made an auspicious start so fur
this season. Illctt would have held the
score down but errors by Ills team
mates kept him In hot water all the
time. The Barons were only able to
garner seven henlthy blows off the
delivery of Hlett, one a two-base wal
lop by Floy Ellam.
The Barons started scoring in the first,
■cored a duo in the second inning and
two more in the fifth. The Crackers’
only runs came in the fourth on a pass
and home-run wallop by Lee. the recruit
right fielder. A rally in the ninth was
quickly quenched.
In their half of the first Bowden of
the Crackers singled and reached third
on two outs. He died there when Rum
ler fanned.
SLOAN’S HIT IS
BADLY BUNGLED
For the Barons Cecil Coombs was
passed and forced by Magee at second.
Magee was forced by Clark and on
Sloan’s single to left scored. Sloan's
single was badly fielded, Bowden kick
ing tiie ball around, aided and abetted
by Moran. On the relay to catch the
speeding Clark, Tullos allowed the ball
to go through him and Sloan reached
third. It was farcical.
In the second Hemingway opened with
s sharp single to right. Ellam shot a
two-bagger to center and Hemingway
scored* Ellam scored on Johnson's ring
ing single to left. This was the only in
ning where the Barons were able to
bunch hits off Hiett for scores.
In the fifth inning, after the Crackers
had come within one run of tying tlie
score Clark filed out, but Sloan was hit
on the knee. McBride tapped to Tullos,
who juggled and then threw the ball
away, allowing Sloan to score and Mc
Bride to reach third. Hemingway then
singled to center scoring McBride. Hem
ingway stole second and third but Ellam
and Wallace filed out. After the fifth
the Barons were retired in order.
In the fourth inning the Crackers made
their lone scores when Bisland walked
and scored after Eibel and Tullos had
Hied out on Bee's terrific hit to the left
field bleachers for a homer. In the other
Innings whenever the Crackers threat
ened to score a rapid double play and
fast fielding intervened.
v WILLIAMS AND
UMPIRE BICKER
The game was not devoid of bickering
and Otto Williams, the veteran keystoner
of the Crackers, was chased in the sec
ond inning by Umpire Rudderham for
talking too much. In the fourth Inning,
after Johnson fanned and reached first
In safety on a passed ball by Rumler
was later called out by Rudderham at the
instance of Manager Billy Smith, who in
structed the umpire on the rules of the
frame. The Barons start a three-game
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HEAVY HITTING FIELDER
_IS PLAYING FINE BALL
YALE "TOD” SLOAN
Slugger secured from Nashville Vols is beginning to show real form
series with New Orleans at Rickwootl
Field tomorrow afternoon.
The Official Pcore
Atlanta— AB. R. hL O. A. K
Bowrlen, If. 4 0 1 4 0 2
Potts. 2b. 3 0 0 5 ft ft
Williams, 2b. ... 0 ft ft 1 1 0
Moran, cf. 1 ft ft ft ft ft
Rumler, c.4 ft 0 1 1 2
Bisland. ss. 3 1 1 4 6 ]
Eible, lb. 3 0 1 7 ft 0
Tullos. 3b.4 ft 1 1 2 ft
Lee. rf. 3 1 l 1 ft 0
Hiett. p. 3 0 ft ft 2 0
•Nelderlson . 1 0 0 ft ft 0
Totals .32 2 5 24 12 5
•Batted for Hiett in ninth.
Birmingham— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Coombs, Jb.2 0 ft 8 1 1
Magee, cf. 4 ft ft 1 ft 0
Clark, 2b.4 1 ft 5 4 ft
Sloan, rf.3 1 2 2 ft 0
McBride. If. 4 1 1 3 ft C
Hemingway, 3b.. 4 I 2 1 2 ft
Ellam, ss.3 1 1 1 4 1
Wallace, c. 3 ft ft 5 1 ft
Johnson, p. 3 0 1 1 3 0
Totals .3ft 5 7 27 15 2
Score by innings:
Atlanta .000 200 000—2
Birmingham .120 020 ftO*—5
SUMMARY
Two-base Hits—Ellam, Bisland.
Home Run—Lee.
Stolen Bases—Hemingway 2, Coombs.
McBride.
Double Play—Ellam, Clark to Coombs.
Sacrifice Hits—Wallace, Williams.
Base on Balls—Johnson 3, Hiett 3.
Left on Bases—Atlanta 6, Birming
ham 6.
Hit by Pitched Ball—Hiett (Sloan).
Struck Out—Johnson 5, Hiett 1.
Passed Balls—Rumler 2.
Wild Pitch—Johnson 1.
Time of Game— 1:50.
Umpire—Rudderham.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Philadelphia . ft 8 1 .889
Cincinnati . 10 7 3 . 700
Pittsburg . 9 5 4 . 558
Chicago .. 10 5 5 .500
Boston . 10 5 5 .50r
St. Louis . 11 5 6 . 455
Brooklyn . 9 4 n .444
New York . 10 3 7 .300
Braves Stop Phillies* Streak
Philadelphia, April 24.—Philadelphia’s
winning streak was broken when Boston
outplayed the home team at all points to
day and won by 10 to 2. The visitors
Knocked Mayer off the rubber in three
innigs and kept up its bard hitting at
Oeschgcr's expense. The home team’s two
runs were homers by Luderus and Becker.
Score: R.H.E.
Boston . 103 021 102—10 1L 0
Philadelphia . 000 001 100- 2 7 3
Batteries: Hughes and Go\*dy; Mayer,
Oeschger and Killifer, Burns.
Reds and Pirates Tie
Pittsburg, April 24.—With the score tied !
at 1 to 1 at the close of the eighth inning
the game between Pittsburg and Cincin
nati today was called to allow' the teams
to catch trains. A walk, a sacrifice and
a single by Wagner gave the Pirates their
run in the fourth. The visitors tied the1
score in the sixth when Herzog singled
and Griffith tripled. Score: R.H.E.
Cincinnati . 000 001 00-1 « 1
Pittsburg . 000 100 00-1 4 0
Batteries: Ames, Lear and Wingo; Me-;
Quillen and Schang.
Matthewson Beaten
Brooklyn, April 24.—George Cutshaw’s
timely hitting featured today's 7 to 6 vic
tory by Brooklyn over New York. Three
times the little second baseman faced
Mathcwson with men on bases and each
time he supplied the necessary hit. In the
seventh, with the score tied and the
bases full, he drove in two runs with
a clean single to left.
New York bunched three hits on top
of two passes in the first inning off Ap
pleton, knocking the youngster out of the
box. Pat Ragan finished the game in mid
season style, holding the Plants to two
hits. The twro scored off him in the fifth
wei« ciue to an error by Zimmerman,
who muffed a drive from Lobert. Cut
shaw, Shultz, O'Mara and aMthewson did
some start fielding.
Fletcher wras ordered off the field in
the eighth inning for protesting against
tlu umpire’s judgment on a called strike.
Grant took his place. Score: R.H.E.
New York . 300 020 000-6 5 4
Brooklyn . 002 201 20*-7 8 2
Batteries: Mathewson and Myers; Ap
pleton, Ragan and McCarty.
Sallee Wins
St. Louis, April 24.—Timely hitting,
coupled with the shut out pitching of
Sallee, combined today to give St. Louis
a 3 to 0 victory over Chicago. Score:
R.H.E.
Chicago . 000 000 000—0 2 3
St. Louis .*010 000 11*—3 5 1
Batteries: Zabel and Bresnaban; Sallee
and Snyder.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Detroit . 11 9 2 ^818
Washington . 9 5 1 .556
New York . 9 5 4 .556
Po§ton . 8 4 4 .500
Cleveland . 11 5 6 .455
Chicago . 11 5 6 .455
Philadelphia . 8 3 5 .375
St. Louis . 11 3 8 .273
Boland Wins Again
Cleveland, April 24.—Detroit won its
eighth straight game today when it de
feated Cleveland 6 to 0. Boland, De
troit’s Southern league recruit, pitched
brilliantly, and received great support.
He held Cleveland to five hits, scattered
through as many innings. Veach of De
troit made three singles and a double
and received a pass in five trips to the
plate. Score: R.H.E.
Cleveland .000 000 000—0 5 3
Detroit .020 020 200-« 11 2
Batteries: Steen, Hagerma-n, Walker and
O’Neill: Boland and McKee.
Waller Johnson Is Hit Hard
New York, April 24.—The New York
Americans took revenge on Walter John
son for shutting them out last week
when they batted him today for 12 hits
p. nd defeated Washington 4 to 0. Caldwell
held the visitors to two scratch hits,
both made by Milan. In the fourth inning
Caldwell knocked down Milan’s bounder
but no one could field it, while tn the
ninth Milan hit so hard through Boone
that it was recorded as a hit. Score:
R.H.E.
Washington .000 000 000-4) 2 1
New York .000 202 00*—4 1 2 3
Batteries: Johnson and Ainsmith; Cald
well and Sweeney.
Benz Wins
Chicago, April 24.—Joe Benz held St.
Louis to four scattered hits today and
Chicago made it three straight from
the Browns, 4 to 1. In the second J.
Collins' double and an error by Lavan
counted for two Chicago runs. James’
wild pitch in the third gave Chicago two
more. Score: R.H.E.
St. Louis .000 100 000—1 4 2
Chicago .020 200 00*-4 8 3
Batteries: James, Perryman. Baum
gardner and Agnew; Benz and Schalk.
Ahletics Win
Boston, Aflril 24.—Philadelphia won
from Boston in the first four innings to
day .the final score being 6 to 3. In those
periods the visitors hit Leonard’s de
livery hard, but could not get a hit off
Ruth or Foster, who succeeded him. Pen
nock held Boston hitless after the sec
ond inning, but grew wild as the game
went on, passing 10 Boston batsmen, four
of them on successive bases on balls in
the eighth. Score: R.H.E.
Philadelphia .210 300 000—6 7 3
Boston .100 000 011-3 4 1
Batteries: Pennock and McAvoy; Leon
ard, Ruth, Foster and Carrigan and
Thomas.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
At Worcester, Muss.: University of
Pennsylvania 2, Holy Cross 7.
At Wllliamstown, Mass.: Williams 12,
Colby 5.
At Lexington, Va.: Virginia military
institute 3, Roanoke college 8.
At Providence, R. X.: Yale 3, Brown 2.
At New York: Columbia 0, Harvard 8.
At Annapolis: Naval Academy 11, Uni
versity of Georgia 0.
At Piinocton: Princeton 1, Cornell 0.
At West Point, N. Y.: Army 2, 1*:
hlgh 0.
Tech Trims Vandy
Atlanta, April 24.—Georgia Tech won
an 11-Inning baseball game from Van
derbilt here today, 4 to 3. Vanderbilt
look the lead in the sixth inning but
Tech tied the srore in the ninth. Van
derbilt staged a triple play in the third
inning, Currcy to Davidson to Bruttt,
Score: XX.H.K
Georgia Tech...000 020 001 01—4 ID 2
Vanderbilt 100 002 OflO On—8 » 3
Batteries: Semter and Morrison; Mc
Clure and Cody.
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GOOD PITCHING FEATURE
_OF YESTERDAY’S GAME
Nashville, Mobile and Little Rock Are Blanked—Marshall
Hurls One Hit Game—Robertson Invincible at Nashville
Excellent pitching was the feature
of every game played in the South
ern league circuit yesterday. There
were three shutout victories, Memphis,
New Orleans and Chattanooga blank
ing their opponents. The results fol
low :
WEAVER S PITCHING
TOO MUCH FOR GULLS
New Orleans. April 24.—Weaver for
New Orleans allowed but three hits to
oay and New Orleans won the third
straight victory from Mobile fi to 0.
Two singles and a double, coupled with
an error by Gudger in the first inning,
gave the local team three of its rurs.
Score:
Mobile— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Powell, If. 4 0 0 1 0 0
Miller, cf. 2 0 0 3 1 0
Northen. rf. 4 0 0 3 0 0
Perry, 2b. 3 0 0 2 2 ft
Calhoun, 3b. ... 4 ft 2 10 0 0
Schmidt, c.2 0 ft 3 0 0
Dobard, ss.3 0 1 1 4 0
.Cowan. 3b. 3 0 0 1 2 ft
Gudger, p. 3 0 0 0 5 3
Totals ...... 28 0 3 24 14 3
New Orleans— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Hendryx, cf. ... 2 1 1 0 0 0
Reilly, ss.”. 3 1 1 0 8 0
Sylvester, If. .. 4 1 2 3 «) 0
Thomas, 3b. ... 4 1 1 l n 0
Coyle, rf.4 ft 1. 1 ft 0
Flick. 2b.4 ft 2 3 4 0
Bluhm, lb.4 I 0 17 0 0
Higgins, c.4 ft 3 2 2 0
Weaver, p.. 0 0 ft 2 o
Totals . 32 6 9 27 J6 0
Score by innings:
Mobile . 00ft 000 000—0
New Orleans . 300 001 1ft*—6
Summary: Two-base hits. Sylvester
2. Higgins. Sacrifice hit, Reilly. Struck
out, Gudger 3, Weaver 1. Bases* oi
l-alls. Gudger 2. Weaver^4. Double play,
Reilly to Flick to Bluhm. Left on
bases. Mobile 5, New Orleans 5. First
on errors. New Orleans 1. Time, 1:45.
Umpires. Breitenstein and Kerin.
MEMPHIS TRIMS
NASHVILLE VOLS
Nashville. Tenn., April 24.—Nashville
> could get but three hits off Robertson
' tills afternoon and lost the final game of
the series to Memphis, 2 to 0. But two
[ Nashville batters reached second base.
Memphis bunched hits in the fourth and
Lord's sacrifice fly scored Allison with
the only run needed to win. Score:
Memphis— A B. R. H. O. A. E.
Allison, cf. 4 2 2 ft ft <>
Coyle, rf. 3 ft 1 3 ft o
McDermott, 3b. 3 0 1 0 3 0
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Lord, If. 1 0 0 2 0 ft
Dun eke!, lb. 3 0 0 16 1 0
Cruthers. 2b. 4 0 1 0 5 0
Lindsay, bb. 4 0 1 2 5 0
Sell lei, c. 3 0 1 4 0 0
Robertson, p. 4 0 0 0 3 0
Totals . 29 2 7 27 17 U
Nashville— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
King, cf. 4 0 o 4 0 0
Stark, ss. 4 0 0 4 4 1
Baker. 2b. 4 0 113 0
Paulette, lb. 4 0 0 10 0 o
Farmer, rf. 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dlamor d. 3b. 3 0 0 1 2 o
McCabe, If. 3 o 1 o o o
Smith, c. 2 0 1 fi 1 0
Berger, p. 3 0 0 0 5 0
Totals . 30 0 3 27 15 1
Score by innings:
Memphis . 000 100 010—2
Nashville . 000 000 000—0
Summary: Two-base hits, Allison 2,
McDermott, Schlei, Baker. Struck out, by
Robertson 3. Berger 4. Hit by pitcher,
Smith. Sacrifice hits. Coyle, Lord,
Dunckel. Time, 2:00. Umpires, Pfen
niger and Chesnutt.
MARSHALL PITCHES
SENSATIONAL BALL
Little Rock, Ark., April 24.—Marshall
allowed Little Rock only one hit today
while Moran was hit freely and Chatta
nooga won, 6 to 0. Score:
Chattanooga— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Roberts, cf. 5 0 0 2 0 0
Starr, 2b. 4 0 1 0 1 0
Johnston, if. 5 1 2 3 0 0
Harris, lb. 4 1 0 14 0 0
McCormick, rf. 4 1 2 3 0 0
Graff. Sb. 3 110 4 1
Caveny. ss. 3 2 2 4 3 0
Kitchens, c. 4 0 112 0
Marshall, p. 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals . 36 fi 9 27 12 1
Little Rock— AB. R. H O. A. E.
Shaw, rf. 3 0 0 1 1 0
Downey, 2b. 3 o 0 2 3 0
Jantzen, cf. 4 0 l 2 o 0
Daly. If. 3 0 o 2 0 0
Brautigan, 3b. 3 0 0 3 1 0
Gibson, c. 3 0 0 8 10
Manes, lb. 3 0 0 fi 0 0
Tesch, ss. 3 0 0 3 2 0
Moran, p. 3 0 0 0 2 1
Totals . 23 0 1 27 10 1
Score by Innings:
Chattanooga .000 301 020—6
Little Rock . 000 000 000-0
Summary: Two-base hit s, Jantzen,
Kitchens. Home run. Caveny. Sacrifice
hit. Harris. Struck out. by Moran 6, by
Marshall 1. Bases on balls, off Moran i,
off Marshall 2. First base on errors. Lit
tle Rock 1, Chattanooga 1. Left on bases,
Little Rock 3, Chattanooga 7. Time, 1:30.
Umpire, O’Toole.
I DIAMOND SPARKS
Arthur Johnson, by pitching
baseball yesterday afternoon,
hung up his first victory of the
season. Johnson allowed five scat
tered hits.
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The sun was hot yesterday.
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New Orleans arrives in town tomor
row morning for a series of three
games. The fans will have a chance
to see the former Baronial favorite—
Clarence Smith—in action. Smith is
' pitching some classy baseball this
spring.
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The longer Cecil Coombs plays at
the first bag—the better he looks to
the fans.
...
The question of who will play In
center field for the Barone thle sea
son Is likely to be settled within the
next few days. Let the fans have
a guessing contest.
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The Barons are now resting at the
.BOO notch in the league standing. If
they hang around this mark until the
first of July another pennant will come
to the Barons.
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j A Louisville writer in the Sporting
* News states that the pitchers of the
Colonels are in better shape than any
other hurling staff in the American
association. The Louisville Colonels
trained at Lakeland, about 90 miles
* south of Orlando, the Barons’ train
ing camp.
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‘ At Lakeland, when the Barons
played a series of two games and
were trimmed, it was stated by the
i Colonels that only cold weather had
r been encountered—yet the Colonels’
1 pitching staff arrives in Louisville in
the best of shape and immediately
* starts winning games.
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In Orlando the Barons encountered
1 only fair weather and were able to
work out every day of their stay.
Figure it out for yourself.
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Johnson came through yesterday-^
there wasn’t any doubt but that big
Swede would pitch creditable baseball
once he went on the mound and at
tended strictly to business. It is now
up to Rotli, Hardgrove and Black to
deliver. We sincerely hope they will.
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Some of these criticisms concern
ing the Baronial pitching staff is
being construed as the start of a
“knocking” campaign by the play
ers. They are in error. There is not
a more ardent Baron fan than the
writer, or one that is more keenly
disappointed when a game is lost.
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Criticism is not knocking, and
just criticism can be highly con
structive and effective in the bet
terment of the team's winning
chances. The present . criticism
directed against the Barons at odd
times is due to the apparent ill
effects of the Orlando training trip.
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The Barons spent a month at the
Florida resort under some very au
spicious weather. In fact when the
Barons left Orlando, we very care
lessly telegraphed to The Age
Herald that Birmingham was in
such excellent condition, and the
pitching staff hurling such a rare
article of baseball that all the oth
er teams in the league would be left
behind and the locals never headed..
In the pennant race. Thus was the
rashness and ill judgement of un
sophisticated youth exposed.
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On the Barona’ return in Bir
mingham two gelid weeka of play
ing the major league teams fol
lowed tinder the beat weather Im
aginable, yet what the big fellows
did to the team was a shame. We
did not win a game from the Chi
cago “Cuba." the Cleveland "In- '
dians" or the Plttaburg "Pirates."
However, every other team in the
Southern circuit without having had
the advantage of a month1* training
in Floridian climes trimmed the
big leaguers with rare skill and
consistency.
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Now let the fans view the stand
ing of the Barons and the lack of
injuries to the team, and judge
whether some slight criticism is
not due—somewhere.
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Lets start with New Orleans to
morrow and clean up. Ht p l
Tom Casslty of Nashville led the shoot
lng at the Birmingham Gun club shoot
on Saturday, leading the best shot by
five targets and going out with 97 out of
100. H. C. Ry ding led the amateurs with
92, closely followed by I. C. Deloney of
Margaret, by one target. C. J. Barr and
Mrs. Garl tied for third place. Casslty
also made the long run of the day with
61 without a miss.
Hydinger led the Postal club shooters
with 76 out of 100. Jackson was a eloss
second with 76.
R. H. Baugh surprised his friends by
breaking 45 out of his 60 shot at. Mr.
Byers of Springvllle paid us a visit but
could not stay to finish his score.
Mr. I. C. Deloney of Margaret was
down and made a splendid score.
Scores were made as follows:
Shot At. Broke.
Tom Casslty . 100 97
H. C. Hydlng . 100 92
1 f. C. Deloney . 100 92
C. J. Barr . 100 88
Mrs. O. I,. Gnrl . 100 83
Fletcher . 100 81
C. J. Perry . 100 76
Hydinger . 100 76
Jackson . 100 75
Collins . 100 74
Mr. Toms . 100 73
Lee Moody . 100 71
R. H. Baugh . 30 46
Byers .....\. 60 42
Lloyd . 76 41
Garl . 60 41
Tway . 60 39
Whlttesley . 60 36
Sellers . 30 36
I. eland . 25 19
I Alexander . 25 15
Anniston, April 24.— (Special.)—With
the arrival of genuine summer weath
er end the visit to this city early this
week of President Bruner of the Cleor
gla-Alabama league, the baseball far.*
of this city have been thoroughly
aroused and organised ball for Annis
ton Is again assured. President Lamai
JefEers stated today that he no longer
has any doubt as to the ability of the
Anniston directors to raise the neces
sary guarantee to protect the fran
chise of this city. Canvassers have
already collected several hundred dol
lars and plans are being made for a
monster opening day in this city. Ti e
Anniston club has retained its till* u
all of last year's players and several
new men have been recently signed.
American Association
At Louisville: Louisville 7, Colum
bus 4.
At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 7
Cleveland 0.
At Kansas City: Kansas City 6, Mil
waukee 0.
At Minneapolis: Minneapolis IB. St
Paul 7.
texasIleague
At Houston: Houston-Galveston; rain.
At Shreveport: Shreveport-Waco; rain.
At Dallas: Dallas 1, Fort Worth B.
At Beaumont Beaumont 10, Sgn An
tonio 1.
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NEW TENNIS COURTS 1 I
1 OF Y. M. C. A. NOW OPEN 1 l|
Above Is a partial view of the Young
Men's Christian association tennis
courts situated on the southwest cor
i-er of Sixth avenue and Twentieth
street, adjoining the central association
building.
The first move of the association
management after the record breaking
campaign was brought to a successful
close was to make over the tennis
grounds and place them in first class
condition. R. L. Howell took this work
in hand and under his direction a crew
of men worked steadily for two weeks
grading, sanding and draining the lots.
The enclosure has been rewired, paint
ed and the grounds well hardened.
I Provision has been made for keeping H||
the tennis courts* in condition and this g|||
prominent corner will present a most Egg
attractive appearance throughout the Egg
season. |^g.
Playing has already begun on the DEr
courts which are proving most popular. ■gf
The tennis season, however, will have gig
its formal opening on May 1 with a
round robin tournament, which will be |||||.
open to all members of the Young
Men’s Christian association. Entries ■|||
can now be made. jgH
The work of placing the tennis courts ■gf
in shape, it is understood, is only the
first of a series of improvements which g|||p
will shortly be inaugurated by the as
sociation management. igar
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Racers ready to start
Miniature automobiles are being manu
factured by boys In all sections of the
city In preparation for the great second
annual rollermobile race to be held un
der the auspices of the Boys’ club May
15.
The rollermobile race is open to repre
sentatives of clubs. Boy Scout troops, Sun
day school classes, schools and organiza
tions of boys.
More than likely ail teams taking part
laat year will be in tills year; also a
number of new teams. There will be two
boys to each team, one to ride and one
to push, alternating In the race If they
like.
All teams entering are asked to have
their ears lined up In front of city hall
at 10 o'clock a. m. for street parade
through the atreets of Birmingham.
Entry Requirements
In order to give a number of teams a
chances to win something, and to make
the race open to more boys, there will be
four classes, as follows:
Both boys under 110 pounds. (1) Wheels
under 20 Inches In diameter. (2) Wheels
over 20 inches in diameter.
Either boy 110 pounds or over. (3) Wheels
under 20 Inches in diameter. (4) Wheels
over 20 inches in diameter.
The Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company's loving cup, which was
won last year by the West End scout
troop, will be presented to the team which
covers the course in the shortest time.
According to gossip among boys who are
ibulldlng their cars for entity In this
race, every fellow feels sure he and his
buddy have the fastest car, and the one
that will win first place, capturing the
cup. But then again the West End scout
troops, the team which won last year,
say their 1918" model will be a much fast
er car than the one entered last year, ao
all this gossip summed up causes much
speculation In the minds of all as to who
will win the cup. Every fellow and his
buddy who go to make up a team to rep
resent their club, scout troop, Sunday
school class or school, has a fighting
chance, so It is up to them to try and
put out the best car they know how to I
make, getting all the practice they can
before the day of the rac*.
Individual honors will be given as fol
lows: Gold medals will be presented to
boys winning first place In each of the
other three classes, while ribbons will be
given to second and third place In each
class. It will be quite an honor for a boy
to receive either of t*ie above mentioned,
which are certainly worth striving for.
so with this in mind every fellow who will
put a little "pep'' Into this rollermobile
race, he stands a good chance to win.
The construction of the rollermobile
must be as follows: Each rollermobile
VINCENT HIGH WINS j
Vincent, April 24.—(Special.)—Field
ing in sensational style and hitting the
i bail at the right time, the Vincent
High school defeated the Easonvllle
High school baseball team here today
i by the score of 12 to 4. E. Wilder was
on the mound for the locals and pitched
. a high class article of ball. The fea
tures of the game were the hitting of
► Tucker, S. McGraw. Manager Caldwell
1 and the catching of C. Wilder. The vis
itors were outclassed by their oppon
ents from start to finish.
Batteries: E. H. B-. Allen and Dugan;
V. H. 8.. E. Wilder and C. Wilder.
South Atlantic League
At Savannah: Savannah 4. Augusta X.
At Columbia: Columbia 2, Charles
ton 7.
At Jacksonville: Jacksonville 4, Col
umbus 3
At Albany: Albany (, Macon 2.
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must have four wheels and each wheel
must be at least six inches in diameter,
the other part of the construction can be
as the boj% wants it. using his own ideas
and plans. Two boys are required to a
team. One must ride all the time, though
they may change places w'hen they like,
and to be able to change quickly all boys
should practice making the change, in
order to do so in the shortest time pos
sible.
The Course
Cars will start on Eighth avenue and
Eighteenth street, down Eighth avenue tq.
West Twentieth street, south on West
Twentieth street to Park avenue, dowrn
Park avenue to Nineteenth street, south
r.*n Nineteenth street to a line drawn di
rectly in front of the entrance to the
city hall. The Boy Scouts and police
force have promised to keep the course
clear during the race, eliminating tne in
terference experienced last year.
Commissioner Weatherly will be the
chief judge of the finish abd-will present
the cup and medals.
Any boys who would like to have a plan
for the construction of the puehmobile,
or would like to secure some wheels at
small expense should call at the Boys'
club office, room 8. city hall at once.
All boys who wish to enter the race
should register their team at the Boys'
club office, room 8, city hall, at once.