The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
HEART DISEASE FOR THE BESSEMER FANS  Twin City Team Defeated After
 an Exciting Game PLAYS FAST AND FURIOUS isis" Hopkins Gets Into Several Bad Holes. But Pulls Himself Out
 and Saves the Day.
 Score to 1.
PLAYS FAST AND FURIOUS
7Rl.srATE LEAGUE STANDING.

Bessemer, May 2S.-(Special)- )-In a game to bring on heart disease Bessemer defeated Decatur this afternoon by a score of to 1. Isis" Hopkins did 1t with his mighty left wing. From the time the game was called until the last man famed the air the sometime Coal Baron played red and yellow rings around the heads of Stouch's bunch from the Twin Cities, striking out fifteen Stouchmen, while 800 fans went wild.
 The game throughout was replete with plays that were fast and furious. The Stouch, the pride of the Decaturs, handled himself in fine shape. He cover ed the second bag in style and out of four times up connected with four of "Siss choicest curves, one being a three bagger and the other bringing in the only score the two town bunch were able to get over the rubber
 Stollenwork, the Adonis of the Tri- State league, did the slab work for the Decaturs He kept a cool head and let the Marvels down with seven hits. The Right Honorable Sox Sorber the ex- Southern leaguer and former umpire, held absolute sway over the middle gar den for the Twin Cities. With but one exception he played a faultless game. In the second innings Tommy Perkins put the willow to one of Stolenwork's drops and lifted 1t in the air The sphere was sailing fearfully close to the center field fence. "Sox" turned and leaped for the ball. He succeeded in nabbing it with one hand but alas, as he and the ball were descending he landed one of his feet in hole, he fell and the ball slipped from his grasp. The accident was fatal to the Stouchmen and was the means of Bes- semer getting a score that decided the result of the game. Sorber was given the glad hand every time he came to the bat, but "Sls'' saw to it that the old leaguer failed to connect.
 O'Mara Wins Batting Laurel.
 Billy O'Mara won the batting laurel for the Bessemerites. Out of four chances he made two hits that brought in both of the runs credited to the Marvels He made one error by failing to squeeze on to one of the flies in his territory letting in the only run made by the Decaturs This otherwise unpardonable crime was overlook ed by the fans. however. for the excellent way in which he handled the stick.
 The game was characterized by roofing Every instrument known to the scince of noise was on the grounds, and these combined with the yells of over hun dred small boys, made the scene a lively as we'll as noisy one.
 The game opened with Dunay of the Twin City team and a former Greensboro star player at the bat He selected one of "Siss" hot ones and lined it out for one bag The next two men up failed to make good and the side was retired With the Maryels it was one, two three order
 In the second inning Stouch lined one between third and short. Steel struck out. Weaver faced Hopkins with a de- termined look on his face. He picked the first one delivered, and raised it to right field. O'Mara flelded it nicely but when the ball landed in his hands it refused to stick Stouch scored. Payne made clean hit but was thrown out on second. This ended the score getting for the Decaturs, but the team never gave up At several stages of the game it looked as If Sis had met his Waterloo but with his wonderful control he pulled him. self out of several bad looking holes.
 First Run in Third.
 The Marvels made their first run in the third. Tommy Perkins, the first man up drove a long fly out to Sorber at cen ter who, owing to an accident, dropped it. Stevens was up next, but flied out to Stouch. Billy O'Mara, however, was the man of the hour. He lined out clean hit for one bag and advanced Per kins Spear, the next Marvel to face Stollenwork, repeated the same thing and Perkins scored, tieing the game.
 The two teams played each other to a standstil1 until the fifth inning, when Stevens for the Marvels was hit by the pitcher. Billy O'Mara was again the ready man and wielGed his stick with mighty effect driving out a two base hit and bringing Stevens In home With this the fireworks ended and the lucky star of the twin cities that enabled them to take three games from Huntsville sank over the western horizon.
 Tomorrow Tommy Matthews, Univer- sity of Alabama twirler. will do the slab stunts for the Twin Cities. Parsons will probably go in the box for the locals. Tomorrow will be ladies day and all ladies will be admitted to the park free of charge.
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