The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-10

Bessemer. Jrne 9.-(Special.)-In game
replete with ragged playing and heavy
slugging. Huntsville this afternoon gave
Bessemer one of the hardest bumps that
the Marvels have ever felt, Both teams
played like wooden men. but in this re-
spect the Marvels far outclassed the
Spinners. Score: Huntsville II, Bessemer s.
For the Spinners. Meyers. the tow
headed youth, who was completely routed
by the Maryels a week ago on the Hunts
lille diamond, was on the firing line for
the Huntsville bunch. To begin with he
was very wild, and in the second inning
came very near going up in the air. Later
he gave three Marvels free bases and let
in three scores aided and abetted by his
poor support But he finally settled down
to business and pitched a good steady
game, yielding in all only seven hits.
Weaver, the twirler with the eyeglasses,
started in to pitch for the Marvels. He
was unwell TO begin with, however, and
was unable to control his curves. He hit
two men and gave four bases on balls,
which netted five runs He was relieved
in the fourth by Tommy O'Mara,' who has
been Ill for the past week 1t was in this
inning that the Spinners opened up the
fireworks. The Huntsville bunch donned
their batting clothes, and worked o'Mara
for seven hits, netting them seven runs.
Proutt Hit Some.
The features of the games barring the
dummy plays on both sides was the
stick work o. Proutt, the former Southern
league player and sometime member of
the Pirate gang of Shreveport He lined
out two home runs and did some of the
fastest fielding ever witnessed by the
Bessemer fans Lou Womble. who by the
way has one of the best batting records,
of any player in the Tri-State league,
added another star to his baseball crown
by lifting the ball over the left field
fence in the ninth inning. Lewis, a new
find of the Spnners, who has been play
ing professional ball in Cincinnati, played
his first game with Watkins fillies, CIV
ing one of the finest exhibitions of stick
work ever seen on the Fourth avenue
turf Out o. six times up he made five
hits He also covered short in an ex-
celent style.
Both sides failed to start anything in
the first inning In the second inning
Weaver started things off in a great
gusto by hitting Minnish Linsky, the
next Spinner up drew a base on balls.
Saillard lined one out for one bag and
Minnish scored. Lewis then trapped the
sphere out to righ- field and Linsky
scored Fisher ant Meyers both flied out,
and Saillard was thown out at first In
the same inning the Marvels made three
runs by King being hit by the pitcher.
Geigher getting a base on balls, Womble
hitting to first and on Sawyer muffing a
long fly to center field, which let both
Geigher and King in. Later Womble
scored on the wild throws of Meyers and
Fisher
Spinners Annex Runs.
In the third the Spinners made three
runs by Proutt, the first man up. putting
the ball over the left field fence, Saw
yer getting his base on balls. Minnish
getting to first on Sis Hopkins error.
Sailard was then given a free pass,
filling up the bases. Lewis, the Cincin-
NATHAN, came up to the bat and lined u
hard one out to center field bringing in
Sawyer and Minish. Seven rounds of
the Spinners were made in the fourth
when the Marvels went to pieces. They
made three more in the sixth ON Proutt' s
home run assisted by the wild way in
which the Bessemer bunch threw the