The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-28
Games Today
New Orleans at Birmingham. Shreveport at Atlanta.
 Memphis at Nashville.

The Iron Men came out from their dens yesterday and ere the sun had set an- other scalp was dangling from the lofty summits of the slag. The Frankfurters were trimmed a la mode and after nine rifles at the ball they sped downward without a peep at the plate which fixes the destines of men.
 Billie Campbell was in great form and the four hits challked up by the Frank furters were unavailng. There were many heart rending smashes at the ball. how | ever, but the sensational work of the felders turned line drives into put-outs and the 1000 fans had the pleasure of witnessing the greatest game of baseball ever played on a southern diamond. Twice Duffy saved the game by marvellous catches In the outfeld and once Lighton prevented a possible tie by nabbing long drive to the center field fence which looked beyond the realms of possibilities These two fielders simply covered them selves in glory and incidentally amused themselves by gathering up stray coins which fell from the grandstand and smoker. It was indeed a great day for Birmingham and a great day for the Bir- Mlngham players.
 Three Double Plays.
 Not satisfied with the burst of speed in the outfeld, Jimmy O'Brien. Mcguire, Lawler and Vaughan got industrious in the infield and performed the remarkable feat of three double plays, all of the light ming like variety. One of these was start cd by Duffy, however who speared line drive in the outtield Millar made his first real error of the season by dropping a long fly after 1t hit his hands. He re- deemed himself a moment later by rapping clean three -bagger to centerfield fence sending the first run across the plate A moment later he scored the second him self on a grounder by Lighton.
 Birmingham started the fun in the sec ond Inning and then took a long rest. Millericlx was walked to first and Lawler, In an effort to bunt struck out. Miiar crippled the ball, however, by skipping it against the fence for three bags, SCOT ing Millerick. Lighton hit to short but Millar was too fast for the throw and scored Mcguire singled but the next two men went out and operations were sus- pended
 Memphis Had One Chance.
 In the fourth inning Memphis had good chance to score on two singles but Jimmy OBrien handled hot grounder a little too fast and made one of the prettiest doubles of the season. In the fifth inning was when the real danger came and at times 1t looked bad for the bleachers. The bases were full and Evans came up with mean look. After getting three balls and two strikes he rapped the ball for a hard drive to left center. Duffy went after 1t like shot and. to the surprise of everybody, pulled 1 it down while on dead run. In the sixth, with a man on second. Werden hit a terrific drive to center field which look ed good for at least one score. Jimmy Lghton got away in time, made beau tiful run. catching the ball within two feet of the fence and completing the shut l out
 Birmingham made her last run in the last half of the sixth. Vaughan drove a safe one over second but was forced out on Milericks attempt to bunt. Mill lerlck made the play good, however, by l stealing second and scoring on Lawler's grounder which he drove through Glenn's 1 legs
 l Godsby Umpired.
 Walter Goldsby an old time Birming- ham manager umpred yesterdays game and outside of little rustiness on the details of the job did good work. His decisions in the main were correct and his unswerving honesty Is admirable. The Memphis players who showed little con sideratlon for Goldsby or the spectators | kent up a continual string of kicks which were nauseating None of their protests amounted to anything and only served to mar the beauty of the contest Charlie Frank has certainly corralled the most unruly and, at times, ungentlemanly gang of ball players seen here this season. While Memphis has good club they did not command the respect of the public as did their predecessors. They acted tough
 Birmingham plays New Orleans today