Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-28
 WAS OUR HARD LUCK DAY Birmingham Lost Both Games
 to the Visitors. MCFARLAND, THE UMPIRE,  Helps the Leaders Out of a Bad Hole in the First Game-McDonaId Knocked Out of the Box m the Second.
Result of Yesterdax,s eame.
Standing

Birmingham lost both games 10 Mohl- gomery yesterday afternoon in the pres enee of about 1000 people.
 The new umpire, MT. Mcfarland, who only arrived in time to cali the first game, appeared to be clever judge of the game, but appear ances, for one time, proved deceptive
 He was badly off on strikes and balls, and gave the visitors run in the eighth inning of the first game when Rappold had touched Pabst at the plate with the ball, and the latter wilfully knocked the ball from his hand.
 In the second game he called Katz out at the plate when he was lying across the rubber before Kehoe got the ball on him.
 Such work proved dstasteful in MT Lallys brief career, and 1t would be well Tor MT. Mcfarland to take warning from the results which occurred to his prede- cessor. Birmingham does not want any thing except what she is entitled to, ana is seriously opposed to the "even up business, to say nothing of open-handed robbery.
 The locals opened up with Gorton at the bat. He struck out and Walsh went out from pitcher to first. Katz hit safe, but was out at second on Ryans mt TO Mangan Meara struck out, Peoples
 
 did the same.
 Mckenzie opened the second inning with a clean double to left. Rappold went out to center. Beecher singled, ana Mckenzie crossed the rubber. Godar fouled out to first, and Sparks retired the side by striking out. Deadly hit grounder to first and out. Pabst hit an ugly fly to left and Katz went after IL and stopped it with his gloved hand ana after two other attempts fielded 1t safe 1I- .,tl1 hi c greatest play ever seen on the diamond German hit an ugly fly to right ana Walsh made a great running catch Of It, when 1t looked to everyone as If It were clean two-bagger.
 Neither side scored in the third inning In the fourth Mckenzie hit safe, Rap pold sacrificed and Beecher surprised
 the natives with a triple, scoring Mc- Kenzie and scoring on the home throw Cedar flew out to center and sparks 10 right Meara went to first on Beechers s
 error and on to second on Katz'ssmuff of Peebles fly in left. Kehoe was knocked out by an ugly blow on the head and the bags were covered. The fans
 began the blood sweating act at this point, but Deadly hit between first and second and Mckenzie cut Meara off at the plate. The bases were yet full, with only one out and the agony, if anything. was increased. Pabst flew out to Katz and Peoples scored on the throw in. Cor man popped a fly in the infield and Beech CT got under it and the fans breathed easier.
 The locals failed to do anything in fifth. Mangan flew out to Walsh. billiard got to first on McKenzie's error and Bailey did the same on Godars error Again it was agonzing to look upon the counte- nances of the fans, but Heavy Hitter Meara struck and Peoples went out from short to first and the crowd yelled. The locals went out in one, two, three order in the sixth, and although Kehoe and Deadly got singles Deadly was thrown out at second by Cedar and the latter made a double on Pabst's liner, catching Kehoe off the bag.
 Godar in the seventh went to the rub Der midst shouts of applause from the multitude and made a triple to center, scoring on Sparks single. Gorton went | out from third to first and Walsh and Katz flew out to right. German hit safe | and stole second. Mangan singled, SCOT l ing German. billiard hit to first and out, | Mangan going to third and scoring on Baileys hit. Meara went out from short l to first and Peoples from third to first. In the eighth the locals did nothing,
 while the visitors got in four runs, giving l them lead of three runs.
 The locals got two in the ninth, but couldn't materialize the tie score and the game was lost.
 It was in the eighth inning that McFar- | land lost his prestige. Pabst came from | third to the plate and was there met by | Rappold with the ball and touched, the | former, however. intentionally knocking | the ball from his hand and the umpire called him safe.
 The game was summ a rizad as follows