The age-herald., 1901-05-17


 up above Chattanooga.
 Nashville took the game from Birming- ham yesterday by punching hits in the first and ninth innings, eight of their ten safe drives coming in those two innings.
 Birmingham hit the ball harder and as often as did the visitors, but luck was against them, and when the third Bir- mingham man went out on a pop-up to second in the ninth the locals found them selves two runs shy of victory
 It was a hard-fought game and one hard to lose. The locals got into a hole at the beginning of the game, but they worked hard and pulled up alongside the visitors in the fifth inning. From then until the ninth it was anybodys game. Both pitchers were steady and effective and hits wre as scarce as the proverbiaI hens teeth.
 It looked like the game might be pro- longed through an indefinite number of innings, but with two men out in the ninth, Fishers men got onto Wilhelm's curves and pounded out four hits and sending three men across the rubber The
  to score one man. A sensational catch of a fly back of third base by shortstop Ken nedy doubled up two of the locals and stopped a batting rally that promised victory for Mills men.
 There were full 15O0 spectators in the grandstand and bleachers when Umpire Ebright stepped in front of the grand stand and announced Wilhelm and Gull yer and Corgett and Fisher as the bat teries. It was then 4 o'clock.
 The visitors went to bat first and scored four runs as a starter. The fans then thought it was all over, even to the shouting. Wilhelm did not appear to be able to control the ball, sending two men to first on balls When he did get them over the plate Fishers gang landed on them ferociously-so much so, in fact, that the spectators began to wonder If the side would ever be retired.
 Abbiticchio, the man with name that is easier spelled than pronounced, whose diamond name Is "Abbie", faced Wi- helm and waited for four bad balls. Wise man singled and Fisher was given his base. With three men on bases, Good enough sacrificed to the pitcher and was thrown out at first, "Abbie'' scoring. 'Tacky'' Tom Parrott walked up to the plate and as he did so was given an ova- ton by the spectators, many of whom re- called games on the old Lakeview Park saved to Birmingham by this same eloo- gated specimen of the genus homo. The second ball pitched he hit full on the trade mark and it scared far over right field fence. The bases were cleared. Long, who covered first bag for the visitors, singled and tried to score on Kennedys double, but was thrown out at the plate. Kennedy died at second on Ritzs hit to pitcher.
 The locals decided that 1t was a good day for run-making and started in to duplicate the work of the visitors, but they fell down after one man had crossed the plate. After Moss had retired on a fly to second. Leidy got first on Reitz's error and went to second when Wiseman muffed veitchs fly to right and scored on Gettinger's f1y-out to deep left La Rocque retired the side with grounder to first.
 Both teams were blanked in the second, but in the third Birmingham added two Moss singled and was sacrificed to second by Leidy. Veitch was retired, second to first and Moss crossed the plate on Get tinger's two-bagger. LaRocque singled, scoring Gettinger and going to second himself on Culver's single. The fans were fairly wild at this juncture, and two men viewing the game from the slag pit were seen to tumble down the embank- ment. Corbett was up in the air and the game seemed almost cinch for the home boys. Harlow, the next man up, tried to drive the ball away, but the best he could