The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-07
Games Today.
Montgomery at Birmingham. Atlanta at Nashville.
 Little Rock at Memphis
 ShreYeport at New Orleans

Two hours and forty minutes is not a | long time, but it is long enough for the | c. Barons to fail to win a game against Nashville Oh, gee! but 1t was something fierce! Yes, it is true. MT. Rooter, that Birmingham did win the game on the Fourth of July, but that Is all out of the series of four games. Look at the after noon score of yesterday: Nashville ?, Birmingham g.
 There is but one consolation and that is the game ended in a row And that is lucky. We don't know who for. It may have been Nashville. and 1t may have been Birmingham.
 The Southern league percentage column this morning shows Nashville and Bir- mingham almost together. Suppose Ac- corsini had been on the square for just once and had failed to make like that he did not interfere with Hanley, what would the score have been? Just to think of 1t. With three men on bases and big George at the bat--wouldnt hit have counted something? Nashville was playing for time, because of the drizzling rain Bir- mingham only had three men on bases and Hanley at the bat. The score was tled-two to two. It was then the eighth inning His Umphs had called three balls and two strikes. Willis sends anoth- CT across the rubber and the umpire calls strike" The batter is retired and with him the side. Hanley claims, as do sev- eral hundred spectators, that Accorsini interefered on the last ball and that Han ley was therefore entitled to base. The umpire failed to see it, and 1t was then that a dark cloud suddenly appeared over Mount Slag that foreboded trouble. When Pfenninger called the game, George Han ley threw his bat at Accorsini and in jump the fans and rooters went wild Bats, sticks, dope bottles and cushions were brought into service, and in the mean time Accorsini took a swift sneak to the city. Police were called upon to protect Pfenninger from the angry fans. The umpire was taken to the ticket office un- der the protection of two officers Sew eral hundred spectators had surrounded him when he remarked Don't do any thing to me- for l have done nothing. Let me get my clothes and go to my ho- tel"
 During the melee, certain members of the local association participated. One of the officers was so indignant that he saw fit to grab a bat and attempt to assault His Umps Another member of the asso- citation did assault him. The umpire was on local grounds and however many mis- takes he may have made, all fans agree that he was due such protection as is demanded by the league.
 The Worst Yet.
 Umpire Pfenninseg is without doubt the worst that the local fans have had to endure during the present season. He. however, is here to represent the south ern association of baseball clubs and what he says should go. Somebody re- marked to Fisher yesterday to take Pfenny with you when you leave" Newt responded. He looks good to me-" And it would not take a poll of the specta- tors to agree that Pfenny sure did look good to Nashville.
 But the series is over. Today the Barons go against Montgomery and it is a case of three games Clarke Is due to work for the locals. It is hoped that Acting Manager Vaughan can see his way clear to keep Holingsworth in the game. He has ginger, if nothing else.
 It does not require many words to tell how the two teams made their runs. Nash vile scored first in the second inning on an error. wild pitch by Streit, a stolen base and Matthews throw to second which was returned too slow to prevent the steal home. Birmingham earned a run in the same inning on Smiths single and steal and Hollingsworth's single.
 Nashville secured another run in the seventh, and as Birmingham went to the bat a downpour of rain set in and the game was called. After a wait of more than thirty minutes. play was again call