The age-herald., 1902-05-18
GAMESI TODAY.
Shreveport at New Orleans. Little Rock at Memphis.


 Birmingham lost again yesterday after noon. This time the score was in At lantas favor by to 1. The game was one of the fastest games ever seen In Birmingham, the entire nine innings De- ing played in one hour and ten minues If was a prettily-played game. but Tor q few dead plays on the part or the l locals and huff by Busch of an easy infeld fly. Yet this last error saved the l Coal Barons from a shut -out
 The old-time star, King Bailey, was on inc slab for the visitors. He proved an enigma, showing the wizardish quail ties for which he won the title of King so many years ago that few fans in Bir- rinpham recall the time. He put the balls right over the plate from the jump; and allowed only one man to walk. He made the Barons hit 1t every time put made them hit so that felders could ham dle the balls without difficulty. Only five b<s were made in the game, one coming in the second, two in the sixth and two in the ninth
 Deaver was in the box for the locals. He did not seem able to keep the visitors from hitting safe, but kept the hits falr- ly well scattered. He had control and put them over the plate. Still the Att lantians batted them Into safe territory freouently-so frequently that the total number of base hits to their credit was eleven Frank did the star batting lie hit safe three times, out of five times up. Winters. Hofrmeister and Bailey got two each out of four times up each.
 Visitors Did Fast Work. The work of the visitors in the field was l the fastest seen in Birmingham since the l Cleveland game, when Birmingham played with such vim and vigor that she made the big Blue Birds look like small leaguers In the first inning a fast double play was made and all the way through the game the locals were outplayed at every point, except possibly in the, outfied. Krug did 1 some sensational work on third, stopping l balls in the shortstops position and ai l oyer the left side of the diamond. Leidy 1 in center made a beautiful catch of a drive from the bat of Frank Smith to the deep center field fence. It was the l longest drive of the season.
 The Birmingham team played a listless l game in almost every position. The in 1 field work was particularly to the ragged. l One play which excited the bleachers and granl stand to the greatest possible wrath was in the fourth inning. Two men were out when Bailey hit high fly to the infield The ball went into the l territory of either Deaver, LaRocque or Haller, but all three players stopped when within three feet of the ball and it dropped to the ground safe Bailey easily rae if1er fire on that bag, cantered to second. The re- suit was that Frank hit safety and | Busch scored.
 Again in the fifth with two men out
 Hoffmeister hit safe. On the first ball to the next batter he ran for second. Blue shot the sphere hard to Moss, right on the bag and low to stop a slide, but the ] shortstop turned 1t loose and Hoffmeister was credited with a stolen base This netted run as Stouch, next up, hit safe and sent the first baseman across the home plate. In the ninth the same thing | occurred, only the ball went high to Moss and he could not hold it. On the miss an- other run was made, Frank trotting home on a hit by Winters, next up. Still an other Atlanta run was made on Blues dropping the ball in the second when Hoffmeister struck out. Only one run did Atlanta make which she deserved and that was In the 1Ourln when a Heluer 5 choice and two hits came in succession.
 Hunting New Players. The mangeme ent has announced that communication has been had with four 1 fast players and the team will be mate fiaHy strengthened at all weak points. These players will be in the game at an early date, even if 1t is necessary for i some one to go after them. The owners are determined to have winning team 1t all costs. With that end in view they are now working industriously and with l effect.
 The story of the game from the point of view of the baseball fan begins with the opening of the game with Frank up for Atlanta. He hit safe, but Winters put one to LaRocque, who threw to IIaller while Ledy went out from DeaVer to Haller and Krug could only hit a fly to Moss. For Birmingham Longley was first up. He hit to Stouch, who threw to Hoffmeister. Billie Smith walked, but made 1t a double. the ball going from him to Busch to Hoffmeister.
 In the second Hoffmeister was first up. He struck three times. but Blue allowed the last one to go by. Stouch went out on a fly to LaRocque, but Lattimer walked on a dead ball. while Busch hit safe and Hoffmeister scored. Birmingham could do nothing in the second. four men going to i bat In the third Atlanta again failed to l score, as did Birmingham, but in the | fourth the visitors added one more r,1n | Stouch was up first He walked LattImer