The age-herald., 1901-05-04
ANOTHER VICTORY
 FOR BIRMINGHAM Mills Men Send King" Bailey
 to the Bench. SENSATIONAL FIELDING Little Rock Shuts Out Memphis With. out Hit, and Shreveport Wins
 From New Orleans, Chat
 tanoosa Loses Again.
Southern League Standing.
Games Today. Selma at Birmingham. Nashville at Chattanooga. Memphis at Little Rock. New Orleans at Shreveport.


 Birmingham and Nashville are tied for first place today, each having won both games played, while Memphis and Little Rock and Shreveport and New Orleans have split even. Selma and Chattanooga have lost both games played.
 McClosky of Little Rock performed the feat of shutting out Charley Franks Memphis aggregation without hit, while New Orleans and Shreveport played an eleven-inning game.
 Selma was easy money for Birming- ham yesterday. and King Bailey, whose left wing has won many a victory on Southern League diamonds in other seasons. watched the game from the bench after the second inning. Three runs were scored off him by Birmingham in the first inning, and two in the next, and then Manager Fender sent sechrist, another old-time Southern Leaguer, to the box. He was wild and gave free passes to first to five Birmingham men and made one wild throw which with two singles netted two scores. After that he settled down and pitched good ball, ex- cept in the eighth inning. when Mills men touched him up for three singles and a double with a total of three runs.
 Brandt held the Selmas down to eight hits and sent eight men to first on balls. At critical stages he kept clear head and handed the visitors twisters and curves they could not touch for safeties.
 Leidy again distinguished himself by running from deep center in the fourth inning and catching a liner from Pen der's bat that seemed a sure hit. In the first inning Mauch started double play by handling a hot grounder hit into his territory by Alexander. Veitch and La Rocque completed the play. Mauch, Get tinger and LaRocque made magnificent catches of foul flies and received ova- tions from the grand stand and bleacher- ites.
 With the bases flled in the third La- Rocque lifted a two-bagger into left cen- ter, sending all three men across the home plate
 Stouch made two double plays unas- sisted and Dalrymple made a difficult catch of a hot liner into the center gar den
 How the Runs Were Made.
 Birmingham weut to bat first and as "Iking" Bailey stepped into the pitchers box there were great cheers for the old "Southpaw," who in days gone by, was a terror to opposing hines. Moss faced him and landed on the third ball pitched for a single between first and second, went to second on Culver's sacrifice and Glenns error and to third on Bailey's tumble of Gettinger's sacrifice. Bailey hit LaRocque with a pitched ball, forcing Moss over the home plate and moving Culver to third and Gettinger to second. Leidy fouled to Alexander veitch sent a liner over second base and Culver and Gettinger scored. Harlow struck out Mauch went to first on Glenn's tumble, fly to center.
 Brandt sent Frank to first on four bad balls Valdois was out on a short fly to Mauch and Frank was thrown out, Culver to Moss, while trying to steal second. Longley went out, Mauch to LaRocque. In the second Birmingham chalked up two more tallies on an error and two singles. Moss sent a fly to Frank and retired, Valdois fumbled Culver's ground CT and Gettinger and LaRocque singled, Culver and Gettinger scoring. the latter on a wild throw to third by Alexander Leidy sent short fly to Stouch and was doubled with LaRoque.
 When Birmingham went to bat In the third inning Sechrist was in the box for the visitors. Veitch and Harlow walked to first Mauch was out Sechrist to Pen der; Brandt was retired at first by way of short. Moss walked. filling the bases Gettinger waited for four bad ones and Harlow was forced across the home plate The bases were still full. LaRocque landed on the ball for a fine hit to left center for two bases, bringing Moss, Gull yer and Gettinger to counting territory He was left at second on Leidy's out short to first.
 Bunch of Three.
 No more scores were made by the home team until the eighth inning. when three runs were earned after two men had been