The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-05
BOSTON WINS IN
HARD FOUGHT GAME
Coal Barons Batted Hard But
Couldn't Bunch Hits
SOME BEAUTIFUL WORK
Hopkins and Wagner Both Pitched
Excellent Ball, Allowing Only Two
Hits Each, But Luck Was
Against Them.
SOME BEAUTIFUL WORK

Bucking against hard luck and bases on
balls trapped with a few choice fumbles
the Coal Barons went down and out
yesterday after outhitting their husky
enemies from the big woods and playing
them right up to the hilt on the field
The final announcement was Boston 4,
Birmingham o.
For numerous innings of anxiety it was
gladstone day for Slagtown but the
bump against Dame Luck and the final
smear of the whitewash threw in dash
of bitterness that made many of the
faithful twinge The Barons played a
beautiful game, however, and that was
| sufficient
When the beaneating cluster filed on
the field many of the Buckenberger clan
were homesick and as they thought Of
the long march northward there were
tears in the eyes of the prospective big
leaguers. The cause of this unexpected
attack of nostalgia was due to the fact
that six former Southern league stars
have Joined the Boston tribe and every
one of them are practically sure of
permanent berth.
For Southern League Stars.
The favored gentlemen in question are
irwin Wilhelm, formerly of Birmingham;
Tom Fisher, formerly of Shreveport; Jim
Delehanty, formerly of Little Rock; Lar
ry Stewards formerly of New Orleans;
Abbatichio, formerly of Nashville, and
Stanley. formerly of New Orleans All of
these bright lights in southern sky
have gazed on the slagpile many times
before and on numerous and sundry oc-
casions have they received their bumps
under the shadow of that widely famed
mount.
Larry Stewart was first called upon TO
operate upon the Barons and that famil-
lar twirler did his work we'll But two
safeties were extracted from his peculiar
delivery and neither of these interfered
with the score. Willis, the star curve
pitcher of the big league. was called upon
and though he twisted them all around
the necks of O'Brien's little men the
Slagtown soldiers got three clean cracks
at the veteran but still they counted them
not.
A Great Contest.
Both teams played great ball and the
contest at times was intensely exciting,
hut the Beaneaters simply outucked u.s.
and that's the real plot of the present
story. Boston men were allowed to reach
free of charge and then some big man
from Bunker Hill would lam the ball
at the proper time and the runner would
come cantering in. On the other hand.
the Coal Barons hit hard and often but
the delightful little bingles were scattered
like GASES in desert and there was SIM
ply nothing doing
Stanley, a former Southern Lacquer,
proved to be the whole show and lem
onade with the stick and on two success
sive occasions laced hard drives to left
and right field fences for two bags. These
little jots at each epoch caused black
mark on the score book and that formed
the most tragic chapter In the afternoons
performances
Hopkins and Wagner were sent In to
pitch for Birmingham and excellent did
they. Two hits off each was the best the
invading army could do, nut that was all
they needed and what more can be said.
Both the Birmingham pitchers did them
selves proud and every day convinces the
public of the fact that Manager O'Brieh
has a serious job ahead OF him in the
wedding out Of these young slabmen
Sagtown Well Represented.
Every man on the Slagtown club play
ed beautiful ball, notwithstanding the
unfortunate errors, and some OF the work
bordered on the sensational. Lynch cleo
trifed the crowd In the sixth inning by
spearing a screaming line drive off of
Abba tichos bat that looked good for two
bags. The ball went as If shot from a
catapult and struck Lynchs hands so
quick that many of the spectators never
saw it till it was thrown back across the
diamond.
Bostons first score came in the fourth
inning when Delehanty was given base
on balls and stole second. Cooley then
drove a hard single into right and Dele
hanty scored. Stanley then approached
with his wagon tongue and ripped one
out to left field fence for two bases scor-
ing Cooley. The next run came In the
sixth on Staney's two base drive to
right field fence and Tamett's boot of
Aubrey's grounder. The fourth and last
run resulted from base on balls and
two errors in the seventh
Jimmy O'Brien was on the field in uni
form yesterday but was unable to play
on account of stiffness. He will be In the
game today and will endeavor to show
Slagtown some of the old tricks that
made him famous. Jimmy led all third
basemen In the league last year and GER
tainly earned the distinction. He'll do
for birmingham.
Tom Fisher, the former Shreveport star.
will do the twirling for Boston today and
Minnehan, Blackburn or Wheeler and
Triton will work for Birmingham This
is ladies' day and the management an
nounces that all ladies' tickets will be
honored at the gate just the same as in
the regular season.
Following is the score:
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