The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

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 Memphis at Atlanta.
 New Orleans at NashYllle.
 D-,, orleans and Birmingham LOOK ,,,rastIe at the foot of Mount Slas yes +erdav and after eighteen rounds or naru .,,ar,, tba affair was called a dog fall ana ,oth sides went away growing over vic forv and nursing wounds of deteat'
 p,rn,neham took the first game In a. walk shutting the Pelicans out ana not auowine one of the1visitors to pereh nm so,f as far south as, second base, and the paiicans administered a similar dose III .ha second Campbell was in his pest forn, and the two little measley singles crac,sed out of his curves were ike ,,,a~o dron of water in a,rain barrel He was simply invincible and New orlean chances went glmmering soVer tue u's''i,' slae before the game had hardly starteu' The second game was won In siipi'a' manner by New Orleans. ihey siinpi' had a cinch from the hrsts inning "neii two men scored on baseton oails anu Q cluster of awful boobies. Birmingham oould not hit C. Smith and New orlean" annlied the hammer to Clark when the counting period came. It isatrue ClrK only o,,o,,,ed eight hits but this in connection with she ugly errors kept the Pehcans Autt4ring around the bags and that Klnu of yduttering generally does the business' m the second game the Iron Men toof !, slxvward trip before the ponies had le1t ,ho most and it was late in the day before they lit.
 The First Game.
 x,1o, the oneninR, game started the low .r,ra clouds looked bad for baseball put .ho hovs went in with a determination to r,a,, if out if all the rubber boots Tn 1,,rrinpham had to be brought in play ramnbeIl opeend up on the Pelicans like -.,~- ero,+ end of an Alabama cyclone and
 ,,,, me they fell to the mud. When .,,a urand finale came they were still strug- g,,np with the stick only two men having reached first. As New Orleans never hao obarce to score the only thing worthy of conseauence in their repertoire was the hair of singles delivered by Law ana Hurley. Both of them died on frst ana that tells the tale of New Orleans ca reer.
 The Iron Makers rollicked along until inc third inning when the bombaromeht of MT. Adams began and right then ana there the game was cnched. Brown n,,i1ed the cork with a screaming two bagger which cut half ton of hay out or left field but Lawler flied out without an advance Kanzler, the recent import rom Montgomery, bunted a light one to the nitcher and went out at first. Sammy talk ing third on the play. Millar then drove A single into left and Brown score. Ma o,Iirc hit to right for one bag and on Ap- nlesate's wild throw both men advanced A bag. Campbell cracked a hard drive in- to left center for two bags and both men scored After that there was nothing do ing and the game wound up to 0.
 The Second Game.
 Feeling good over the easy victory in the early afternoon the fans prepared to see a slaughter in the second round Of the double-header. In the very first inning. however, New Orleans annexed two runs and put a crimp into q! fond hopes of the slagpile rooters.
 .Frisbee. first up. was given a stroll to first and Brouthers bunted to the pitcher. Clark threw to second to catch Frisbee, but Mcguire dropped the ball and both runners were safe. Atz then dropped beautiful little bunt to first, advancing both men. Montgomery hit grounder to third and Frisbee scored on the play. Law then laced out nice single to right ard Brouthers scored.
 In the fourth inning the Pelicans count ed twice more on a glaring collection of bad throws and dumb plays, and Bir- minghams chances went glmmering Law hit fly just over short and Millar hot 10 ba Mi11ar got his hands on the sphere but in the collision the ball fell safe and Law an- chored on second. Corners then hit safe but Law stopped ait third In an attempt to catch Law off third Millerick threw to Jimmy O'Brien and the ball got away. Jimmy then threw wild to the plate and Law scored. Corners going to third Ap- plegate drove a grounder Into Lawler's hands and was thrown out at first, Law Ter keeping an eye on Corners at third. Hurley broke 1t up, however, with long fly to Kanzler and Corners scored on the out. C. Smith then struck out and the inning stopped. On three consecutive hits in the fifth New Orleans made one more runs and their run-gettng ceased.
 Birmingham Scores.
 Birmingham made her first run in the third inning Clarks walk to first. Duff fy's long single to right center and Vaughans fly to Applegate.
 In the eighth 1t began to look a little bright when Jimmy o Brien reeled off an awful drive to left for two bags. While c. Smith was taking a nap Jimmy Stole third and moment later came home on Vaughans hot grounder to Brouthers .Thatwa the best the Iron Makers could 6o. N they had to go way back and take !. medicine.
 For the first time since his appointment Umpire sorber was a little off in his de- cisicns. He called a ball that Milar struck at a ball" and the New Orleans