The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-30
GAMES TODAY.
Memphis at Birmingham.
Little Rock at Atlanta.
New Orleans at Nashville.
Shreveport at Chattanooga.

shreveport 1T CHATTANOOGA.
Alexander the Great wept because there
were no more worlds to conquer and I'M
less all signs fail the redoubtable Coal
Barons will soon be suffering from a
similar complaint.
In the makeup of this swift aggregation
of cinched tail-enders there is no such
word as fail and the Birmingham pubic
which has SO long pulled and prayed for
victory is wondering when the time to
wake up will come. 1t is not a lovely
dream" but stern reality and the man
who doubts can be convinced by one trip
to the West End garden
For sixteen long innings yesterday the
mighty Barons battled with the Injunc-
tionists under Charlie Frank and just
as it looked as if darkness. would rob
Frank Smith had what was needed and
cut it loose. After two foul strikes had
made the crowd feel nervous this mighty
twirler of the Clark Griffith smashed the
ball square on the nose and sent 1t whirl-
ing into right field for two bases, while
Reitz cantered home with the winning
run in the greatest game of baseball ever
played on a southern diamond.
A Record Breaker.
In the records of the Southern league
from time immemorial there is nothing
to show a previous game of sixteen in
nings and lasting three hours and thirty
minutes. The most remarkable feature
of this game was that both teams play
ed without an error and nothing but
line drives over the infield could advance
man around the coveted bags.
Inning after inning the fast Frank
furters raked down flies, scooped up
grounders and threw the ball around
with the accuracy of a rifle. On the
other hand the husky Barons struck the
same gait and there was not enough
powder behind a single Memphis batter
to drive the sphere through the infield
when such performance meant runs.
Lawler, DIESEL, Reitz and Hutton stuff
ed a large slice of glory down their
clothes while Billie Smith, Leidy and
Lavender allowed not a ball to touch
the ground in the outfield. Indeed, it
was a glorious day for the Birmingham
fans and three and half hours of anx-
iety and excitement will never be for
gotten.
Frank Smith, The Great.
In naming over these players there is
never be forgotten. This eccentric indi-
never be forgotten. Chi seccentric indi-
vidual is no other than Frank Smith,
otherwise known as Smitty the twirler.
He started in the game strong and fin
ished stronger. The Frankfurters fell
before his onslaught like so many top
ping statutes and at the end of the
game they were no nearer the solution of
his curves than when he started. He
had wonderful control great speed and
A curve that broke in a manner most
to the visitors. Twice, yea
thrice, the mighty Gfroerer beat vaily at
he air and even the strong Mr.. Evans
cut loose at the ball on two different oc-
,asions and found it not.
The crowd assembled at the park early
in the afternoon hoping to witness a
double header and get double value for
their money They got the double value
all right but no double header.
Double Header Today.
AS a result the management will put on
the double-barrelled performance today,
and to prevent further trouble in the way
of tied-up games the first one will start
at 2 clock sharp. Up to the fifth inning
in yesterdays drawn out contest each
team had made three runs and then for
eleven long innings neither side could
connect with the plate. From of Memphis
pitched a magnificent game, and was
given perfect support, but Frank Smiths
lucky rap in the sixteenth sent him to
the tall timber and he lost the game after
a brilliant exhibition of his art.
Memphis scored in the first inning on
a hit by Gfroerer, a sacrifice by Evans
and single by LaRocque. Browns single
and Deisel's two-bagger tied this In the
third, but Memphis again took the lead
in the fourth. 1t came about after Dad
Larocque had been thrown out at sec
ond after receiving a free pass to first.
Swacina landed on first base on the play
which forced Dad out, and went to third
on Breitenstein's single. Accorsini then
hunted one down third base line and
Swacna scored. With a man on first and
third the visitors tried the double steal
racket, and it worked like a charm.
Brown whipped the ball down to Reitz
to catch Accorsini - second, but Reitz
returned 1t a little to the bad and Brett
enstein scored.
Barons Tie the Score.
Birmingham tied the score in the next
inning and II looked for a moment as if
they would cinch the game. Frank
Smith led off with hit to left and was
followed by Lawler who hit to Babb. AS
Babb picked up the ball Williams ran
to cover second base, but slipped and fell
before the ball reached him and both
runners were safe. From then made a
balk to first and another advance was
scored. Everybody prayed for a hit and
Leidy delivered, scoring Smith. The best
Billie Smith could do was to hit one out
to Breitenstein and 1t was so close in
that Lawler couldn't score. Lavender
then cracked a grounder down to Evans,
who threw to the plate. but not In time
to prevent the run. This was the last
run of the game until the last half of the
sixteenth inning. Birmingham had fire.
quently gotten men on the bases but no
one could advance past second. In the
sixteenth things looked brighter when
Reitz drew pass to first. Smith at
tempted to sacrifice but fouled the ball