The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28

Birmingham 6-1 New Orleans Az.
 Nashville 1O-7. Memphis O-o
 Chattanooga g. Little Rock 0.
 Shreveport 5, Atlanta 8.
 GAMES TODAY.
 Memphis at Birmingham.
 New Orleans at Nashville.
 Shreveport at Chattanooga.
 Little Rock at Atlanta
 The hard-hghting Peiicans bumped up against another hard proposition yester- day and managed to corral one game out of the four on fuke. The game gather ed in by Powells pennant chasers was a seven inning affair and when 1t closed the Coal Barons were coming strong and had 1t not been for a measley little error at short and Cavender's failure to hold a long fly after he had gotten to it on a dead run New Orleans would again have suffered the disgrace of losing double-header to the tail-enders. As it Is they slip out of Birmingham leaving three scalps in the hands of the Blue birds-those same Bluebirds that have stood for abuse throughout the Southern league circuit.
 There is nothing like ginger In ball game and Birmingham had barrels of it to spare yesterday and Manager Wilhelm says they have become so infused with it that there is little chance for an- other team to get off with more than one game during the rest of the fast wan ing season.
 Charlie Franks Club Today.
 Today the gingerale bottle will be pass ed around from one of the grounds to the other and if predictions are true what the rooters will do to Charlie Frank and his bunch of injunction seekers will be sufficient Frank has no love for Bir- mingham since the St. Vrain matter came up and 1t Is whispered that Br- mingham has it In for Frank in a modi- fled degree. Notwithstanding these legal controversies the bunch from Memphis will be given fair treatment by the Blr- mingham club and the public. Personally Charlie Frank has many friends in Bir mingham and all they have against him has come up since he was here last. The game will be called at'4 o'clock and Me Intyre will probably pitch for the In- junctionists Frank Smith Is slated to appear for Birmingham.
 But to return to that affair of yester- day. The Coal Barons are now loved by every woman. man and child in the Smoky City and there Is nothing too good for the men who were once knocked down and kicked further by the Knockers Club
 Wilhelm went in to handle the visitors in the first game, and before he had fine ished Alb Powell saw few more points slipping away from his percentage.
 Wilhelm Wild at First.
 When Little Eva" as the manager is sometimes called from the grandstand. started in it looked gloomy. After striking out two men he became exceedingly wild. and when the bases were filled forced in three runs on bases on balls, wild pitches and a hit batter. The men be- hind him lost no hope, however, and went to pound MT. French-he of fame on the coast Leidy was hit amldship and Billie Smith advanced him a base on a single over second. Cavender then cracked the ball on the nose for single to right and Leidy scored. Brown forced Cavender out at second. and the run-getting was ended for awhile In the next inning Montgomery, of the Pelicans, hit for three bags and scored on Stanleys single. After that the home plate was far from the thoughts of the Pelicans, and one after the other the pennant- chasers fell before the onslaught of Wilhelm.
 The Barons could do nothing until the fifth inning, when French was sent to the slaughter house. Wilhelm went out on a grounder to short just as a teaser and Lawler. according to schedule, laced a beauty Into left center. Leidy leaned up against the Clark Griffith and smashed 1t through short for a grass burner. sending Lawler to third Billie Smith rolled one down to Herbert, but the loud-talking third baseman threw wild to Abbott and Lawler and Leidy both registered. Cavenoer flied out to center, but Brown was in charge of the goods necessary to tie the score and rapped a clean two-sacker into left field, scoring Billie Smith. Hutton retired the side on a grounder On singles by Leidy, Brown and Wilhelm two more runs were added in the seventh and eighth and 1t was all off.
 The Second Game. In the second game the Coal Barons started off unlucky in the second inning and were never able to overcome the lead of two runs, thought grand stand finish was made in the seventh. Had the game continued until the ninth inning Birmingham would probably have won. as the top of the batting list had been reached and the Barons had an eye on AQHInSs lne new ftllCAn SOutnDaW,
 The two runs were made after two men were out. and had Reitz fielded a ground CT perfectly the side would have been re- tired. As 1t was. Adams cracked out a long fly to right center, which Cavender went after like a shot. After a brilliant run he got his hands on the ball but dropped it, and two men scored. The error was excusable. but 1t counted against us just the same.
 Things ran along nicely for several innings and the visitors were absolutely at Beavers mercy the rest of the game. At the same time, Birmingham played in hard luck and could not win. Deaver f.l- lowed only two hits but luck seemed to be against him.
 In the seventh inning Heiny DeiseI started the enthusiasm by hitting to left for two bases. Reitz failed to materialize and Brown went in to bat for Deaver. but the beet he could do was to pop up an inneld fly. Lawler came m to save things and rapped out pretty single. scoring Deisel. Leidy came ID with blood in his eye but forgot to c>alk his cue and fouled out to third base, ending Al