The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-31
.ONE CAME LOST
 AND ONE 4 DRAW Breitenstein Proved Too Muc
 for the Coal Barons TWO GAMES FOR MONDAY On Labor Day One Game VIII Be Played In Morning and One in
 Afternoon, With Smith and
 Wilhelm Pitchers.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES YESTERDAY.
Memphis AZ. Birmingham 1-2. Nashville ', New Orleans 1. Atlanta s-1. Little Rock 2-S. Shreveport 7-4, Chattanooga 6-1.


 For the first time since Newt Fishers proud banner was dragged through the dust of West End and sent out of "smoketown'' disgraeed the Coal Barons have struck a streak of hard luck or rather been "up against it." This state of affairs came about through the efforts of one Theodore Breitenstein, the erst- while slO.00O beauty.
 Baron after Baron faced the ex-Nation- al leager only to be moved down like chaff. There was simply nothing doing and towards the end the crowd gave up all hope and waited impatiently for the second game.
 Though Memphis walked away with the first game by a score of to 1, in the second they were given a run for their money and had not Reitz allowed Babb's grounder to roll through his legs Deaver would have been credited with a shut-out. As 1t was Memphis tied the score and though Denver only allowed one hit he was robbed of well earned game. By the way there Is some kind of a hoodoo lowering over Denver and
  once. The last two games he pitched gave the visitors just three hits altogeth- CT and when that can't win there is something wrong. Yesterday the best the Frankfurters could do was to place one ball over the initial bag for a safe run to second. On the otherhand Bir- mingham hit MT. weyhing for five hard raps, but could only shove two runners across the plate.
 Many Exciting Incidents.
 The first game was characterized by numerous incidents tending to raise the ire and sympathy of the crowd. In the fourth inning Accorsini, in attempting to steal second ran into Lawler and both men were laid out of the game. Lawler's injuries were so serious that he had to be taken from the grounds in a car riage.
 In this same inning, Gus Weyhing, who was essaying to pitch for Memphis, did the most unthoughtful thing in his Whole career, and brought down the just con- demnation of the public upon him. Three balls were called on batter, and Wey- hing thought the last one a strike Kee9e paid no alter tien to his kick, and in de- rision Weyhing bumped up his shoulder and walked around the pit cher's box in mimiery of the umpire's deformity. Many years ago Keefe was struck by a ball and the muscles of his neck and shoulder have since been paralyzed, giving him the appearance of n hunchbacl1. Weyhing at tempted to air his unfortunate deformity, and was greeted with misses from the grandstand. Keefe ordered him out or the game. ard becoming irritated. Weyhing threw the ball at the umpire. Keefe tn an imposed a fine and had Weyhing taken out of the grounds by an officer.
 Couldn't Hit BreitensteTn.
 Tn the eighth inning Hutton led off with a three-base hit, but Breitenstein brought his old National league head into play and struck out the next two batters and let the third one down with fly
 Weyhing returned to the grounds in time to Iitch the second game, but was met by fusillade of singles by Leidy, w. Smith, Blue and Hutton This result ed in two runs, and no more were made during the game by Birmingham In the sixth inning Gfroerer hit for two bases and Evans walked. Babb hit a slow grounder to Reitz and the crowd yelled double play" The plucky little short stop, however, let the ball get by him and Gfroerer scored. Swacina then hit a long fly to left field and Evans scored on the throw in and tied up the game. In the first part of the seventh Umpire Keefe decided it was too dark to play and called the game.
 Monday is labor day and two games will be played with Little Rock. One will be called at 10 o'clock in the morning and the other at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Wilhelm and Frank Smith will do the pitching, and the Coal Rarons expect to win two games and knock another one of the head-liners down few notches in the percentage column.
 The scores of yesterdays games are as follows;