Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-10
And the Locals Fattened Their Batting Av-
erage-McDonald Showed Good Form
and Speed off for Tour of the
Circuit.
Results of Yesterdays Games.
Standing.

Birm ngham won yesterdays game
from Atlanta with hands down, the hard
est work being lining out singles, doubles
and triples off Calihan.
Walsh, the first man up, tapped the
first ball for clean single, scoring al
most Immediately on Fuller's triple, he
in turn prancing in on Katz's single to
center. Ryan singled to left, as did Nc
Kenzie, and the bases were full. Rappold
sent a hot one past second for a single,
scoring Katz and Ryan, Mckenzie COM
ing In on Russell's error. Godar hit a
flelder's choice to third and out at first,
Rappold going to third. Gorton got a
present, and Mcdonald surprised every
one with single past third base, scoring
Rappold and advancing Gorton. who
stole third. Walsh hit clean two-bagger
to right center, scoring Gorton and ad-
vanclng Mcdonald. Fuller made another
single to left scoring Mcdonald and
Walsh. Katz again made hit to center
going to second on the pitchers error
and Fuller sprnting home. Ryan flew
out to center, and Mckenzie struck out
retiring the side with ten runs, six of
them earned, to their credit.
The visitors made nothing. Calihan
went to first on a present, and Rappold
threw him out trying to steal second.
Turner and Cross flew out to first.
Birmingham failed to score in the sec
ond. Rappold struck out. Godar went
out from short to first. Gorton got first
on Knowles error, and third on Murray's
error but Mcdonald struck out retiring
the side.
Fields got first on McKenzies error,
scoring on Knowles two-bagger. Wagner
struck out, and Russell and McDade went
out from short to first.
In the third Walsh went out from sec
ond to first, and Fuller from Knowles to
Calihan. Katz singled, Ryan following
with tWo-bagger, scoring him and COM
ing In himself on McKenzie's two-bagger.
Rappold singled, but Wagner cut off Nc
Kenzie at the plate.
Murray struck out. Calihan went out
from short to first, and Turner sent a
hot liner to center which Gorton. in
hard run. ffelded brilliantly, winning
great applause. The score stood IL to l.
In the fourth Birmingham got another
run. Gorton got walk went to third
on Knowles error and stole home, MAX
ing another grand stand play. The visit
ors failed to produce. Score 13 to |.
Nothing developed until the last half of
the sixth. Turner made a pretty three
Dagger. Cross flew out to Katz, Turner
scoring on the throw-in. Fields followed
Cross lead and Knowles went out from
short to first. Score 10 to 2.
In the seventh Fuller hit to first and
out Katz singled, going to second on
Ryan's safety and scoring on MeKenzie's
hit Ryan going to third. Rappod got
first on Turner's error, Ryan scoring and
Mckenzie advancing, but was thrown
out at the plate for the second time in
the game trying to score. The visitors
again did nothing. Score Is to 2.
In the eighth neither side scored. Bir-
mingham failed to increase her lead in
the ninth. Wagner was hit by pitched
ball, advanced on hit of Russell, going
to third on McDades single and scoring
ON fielder's choice. Score 15 to 3.
The following is the detailed score: