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! MANY YOUNG BALL GULLS BOBBLE AND j I PLAYERS GET FALL BARONS SCORE 5 j j TRIALS IN MAJORS Fans Start to Raise Fund For Barons RUNS IN THE FIRST j ! Many Youngsters Given AIDED BY GULLS’ MISPLAYS Campaign Is Started To Fall Trials By Majors BARONS SCORE FIVE IN FIRST Raise Fund For Barons NEW AGREEMENT RESULTS IN Four Errors and Few Hits HEADED BY OSCAR TURNER, FALL TRIALS FOR THE MACK SUSPENDS HIS INDIAN COMMITTEE HOPES TO RAISE GIANTS DEFEAT THE YOUNG Cinch Game in the THE GRAND CIRCUIT BALL PLAYERS — MANY RE- PITCHER FOR REST OF SEASON $3000—NEARLY $300 WAS SUB- CRUITS ARE EXPERIMENTED First SCRIBED MON DAY—M’G ILVRAY WITH BY MANAGERS IS IN TOWN JIMMY JOHNSTON IS j With the pennant already ready to be The beginning of a campaign to raise Sarah Ann Patch, Baron LEAD furled at Boston and New oth- BY UMPIRE a fund for the victorious Barons was INCREASE BIG j York, the CHASED I er managers will do more experimenting made yesterday when the campaign Aberdeen and Ax worth wrth the material secured for next year's committee started the rounds of town STANDING team. In nearly every club's line-up in for subscriptions. The committer, Are Winners Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Hardgrove and Campbell Are Suc- the majors will be found the names which was by the Barons, New York 130 91 39 .700 of! appointed youngsters. and Luhrson. consists of Oscar chairman. Chicago 129 81 48 .928 ceeded by Boyd Turner, 78 52 900 The new national H. Pittsburg .. 130 agreement, recently Bam Oliver. John W. Sibley, R. Syracuse, N. Y., September 9—-Ideal 492 Boyd Pitches in Splendid Cincinnati 132 96 97 has the and Jones. These five signed, placed majors in such Baugh Harry weather conditions, a attendance 127 92 93 484 large Philadelphia a ; Runs position that they must give fall trials Style—Barons' enthusiastic fans made a good day and hair finishes marked the first St. Louis 131 55 73 .419 raising to the men or be unable to take of it, too. Brooklyn .131 50 SI .383 many Scored in First day's meeting »>f the grand circuit races Boston 129 39 87 .308 on the spring trips. If the players, who The committee expects to raise at at the New York state fair today. The are bought by the majors, are not given least $3000 for the pennant winners meeting will continue through Friday. The feature was the Con wav stake. Games Today fall trials and released before the end of and, judging from the rirst day's work. today Boston. SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING Long worth 13. captured the first heat Chicago at the season they must be taken on the It will not he a difficult task. The Played. Won. Liost. Pet. after a duel In the stretch with Sarah Pittsburg at Philadelphia. a spring trips or given a ten day trial 134 84 50 627 fans are in jubilant mood and. re- York Birmingham .... Ann Patch. The second heat found the St. Louis at New tlie vast before shunted to the minors. 133 76 57 571 alizing advertising afforded Cincinnati at Brooklyn. being Mobile two leaders In a stirring contest with .534 Birmingham through the Barons' suc- In the past the majors have always New Orleans .... 129 60 60 the mare first to the wire In 2:06%, the cess. are to the cause lib- 132 65 67 .192 giving good fastest time of the Sarah Am New York. September 9.—New York grabbed a lot of green, but promising, Memphis day. Nashville 1 30 63 67 .48.t erally. little the from Patch had difficulty in winning won a double header Brooklyn material to be placed at their respective -459 Bill McGilvray ami Clarence Smith Montgomery .... 135 62 73 next two heats. today by scores of 2 to 1 and 7 to *2. farms and the men have been released 124 60 74 .4 IS of the Barons arrived in Birmingham Chattanooga ... Baron Aberdeen was easily the best of a battle without trials. In this the player^ .385 yesterday to arrange affairs for the The first game was pitchers' way Atlanta 130 50 80 the field In the 2:15 trot, winning m have suffered. The recent agreement home coining and to assist in the col- between Tesreau and Rucker. Teserau straight heats. states that every man who Is drafted lection of subscriptions. Besides aid- allowed only one hit In the first seven Yesterday’s^Uesults The 2:12 pace developed the first seven must be given a trial. So now the teams ing in the raising of the fund, McGil- Birmingham 5, Mobile 3. heat race of the 1912 grand circuit. It innings and that drove in Brooklyn's in the big show will not buy or draft vray will arraugo to meet a promising Atlanta 5, Chattanooga 2. remained for Bessie Bee to win after Ma- only run. Brooklyn filled the bases with players for development. They must be amateur club at Rick Wood next Mon- Montgomery 9, New Orleans 6. jor O’Dell had taken the first two heat- for immediate use. day at which time the presentation of three hits in the eigth but could not good enough rain. and Nellie Temple the next two. The With this idea in mind, the olubs are Memphls-Nashville, the money will be made and also the get over the tying run. New York Ku Noo No stake was easy for Ax worth out men in the fall. At Chicago, handsome watch fobs, which will he trying 2:15 purse $1200. ■won in the fourth on hits by Doyle, Games Today given the trotting; Manager Callahan has a roster of young- Birmingham players by the b. base Baron Aberdeen, g by Baron Becker and Murray and daring sters on the bench and In the The Birmingham at Mobile. Chamber of Commerce. game. Wilkes ((Drinkwater) 1 1 1 Cleveland are doing a lot of ex-, Nashville at Memphis. j Today the committee will renew the stealing. Naps l’con, blk. g. (Proctor) 2 2 s while the other clubs huve Chattanooga at Atlanta. work and expects to have better suc- Wilson practically won the second perimenting, Bon Zoiock. b. h. (Garrison). 9 7 2 a few In the New Orleans at Montgomery. cess. Oscar Turner, the jovial chair- game for New York in the first Inning game. Castle Dome, b. h. (Dodge). 3 3 1 the in the man, and one of the greatest fans In when with two men on bases he hit a Recently following appeared Time 2:11%; 2:11%; 2:11V*. box scores: Mobile, September 9.—■(Special.)—Sir Birmingham, declares that the boys home run into the left field bleach- big league The Conway. 2:07 pacing; purse $2^00. Michael Finn’s second placers to will need the amount given them by ers. gallant Sarah Ann Patch, blk. m., by American League the fans and that they de- FIRST GAME. be dished up a variety of ball playing certainly Joe Patchen (Cox). 2 111 St. Louis— Smoyer, short: Weilman, serve some kind of testimonial. Near- Brooklyn— AB. R. H. O. A. E. today that was extremely punk, handing Longworth P., b. h., (Murphy) 12 4 3 left was 4 0 1 2 0 0 pitcher; Allison, pitcher; Brown, ly $500 subscribed yesterday and Northern, cf. over the to the Barons I'M ward B., hr. g., (Valentine).. 4 3 3 2 tield. game Birmingham much of this amount wai donated in Cutshaw, 2b-3b. 4 0 0 0 0 0 fcMdie Dillard, eh. h. (Snow)_ 3 4 2 1 Chicago—Ens, first; Douglass, pitcher: in the first inning of play. The local ath- $5 and $1 subscriptions. Kirkpatrick, 3b.. 3 0 0 1 4 0 Time 2:09%; 2:00%; 2:08%; 2:13*%. Borton, first; Barrows, short; Schallc. letes took the field determined to win one ( rawford Johnson, president of the Moran, rf. 1 0 0 0 0 0 2:12 pacing, puree $1000. 0 0 0 catcher; Barrows, right field; Taylor, more which was needed to cinch Birmingham Coca-fJola company, made Daubert, lb. ... 3 1 11 game, Bessie Bee, b. m., by Star Kuhn, catcher. a handsome donation to the fund and Wheat. If. 4 0 0 1 0 0 pitcher; second place. Probably they thought more Onward (Parker) 4 2 0 7 1 1 t Philadelphia—Walsh, left field; E. Mur- others "chipped In" also. Today It is Hummel, rf.-2b.. 4 0 110 0 of this than they did of the task set out Nellie Temple, h. m. (Titer) 8 3 1 1 2 2 1 Crabb, pitcher; Fahey, expected that the big contributions will Fisher, ss. 4 0 0 1 2 0 phy, right field; Stetbrlno Lad. ch. s., (Rod- Brown, pitcher; Maggert,» right for them, ns their minds were anywhere he madi The B. K. I& r. (Jo. is Miller, c.2 1 1 7 0 0 second; ney) 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 field. but on their business and as tlie re- slanted to make their to Rucker, p.3 0 2 0 2 0 subscription Johnny Ifnbo. b. g. (Ray).... 7 7 7 3 4 4 1 Detroit—Corriden, second; Deal, third; sult of their efforts in the the fund, while the other big moguls wobbly opening Time 2:08%; 2:07%; 2:07%; 2:11%; 2:08%; Douden, second; Veach, left field. about Birminghanr will dig into their Totals .32 1 6 24 8 0 stanza five exceedingly large runs 2:10V*; 2:11%.