The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-29

With suits as white as snow
 And everywhere Atlanta hit
 Those suits were sure to go. They followed Alb to bat one day
 With willows in their hand
 The way they damned that ball arounu
 Made Alb an "also ran'
 With a hail storm of cocoa raps and occasional flashes of yellow streaked fielding thrown in by Atlanta the Coal Barons gathered unto themselves de- lightfnl victory yesterday and touched off the spring that disemboweled the crater of the on-looking Mount Slag The score was Birmingham 8, Atlanta ?,
 When the eruption of the ancient crater had subsided and the clouds of smoke and ashes had cleared away the right Honorable Abner Powell was asked for an interview but he explained that "it was not his time to talk and the flock of reporters let it go at that.
 It was an awful bombardment that fell upon poor Jack Ely but he knew he couldn help it and simply smiled. Jack is the best fellow in the world and the
  neat trimming of his early tail feathers
 Some Yellow Fielding.
 While this painful operation was being administered to poor Jack the ieders behind him assumed a yellow tint and their wretched work assisted In the call for an undertaken. Young Bob Kennedy, who debuted on Slagtown green several otfia star in this saffron-h hued line and he hung in mid-air throughout the game. Everything that came his way was boot ed around the daisies and verify the Ba- rons profited thereby Bob evidently had sudden attack of stage fright and for got the exact location of Slagtown He promises to do better next time and his friends here sincerely hope for the best.
 Otto Wagner cut his initial caper for Birmingham as a pitcher and well did he handle his game. While he was touched up for nine safetes. four of them were scratches of the measley order and counted for naught in the ranks of the opposition. Wagner was a trlhe wild at the stare, but soon settled down and did some beautiful work. He was not called upon to cut loose his speed and saved it for future occasions
 Sever:l Baron Heroes.
 Seceral heroes developed during this Powell Waterloo, prominent among them being Duffy, Jimmy OBrien, Lynch Hanley and Millerick. They tore off great slices of the ball whenever desired and cantered around the bags like two year-olds. Duffy was foremost in the ! swatfest with four safe hits out of five times up to his credit. Everybody on the team did work of the phenomenal type and with Atlanta booting the ball all over the lot it was easy.
 Tony Mulane, otherwise known as the Count, made his first bow to the Bir- mingham public as an umpire and the impression was not beautiful Four rank decisions. three to one in favor of At lanta' caused an explosion on the part of the Barons and as result Jimmy Tam sett was sent to the bench. The protest was just one. Duffy had been called out at second while he looked safe to the grandstand and the Birmingham players and then came the upheaval There was nothing doing in the way of a change of opinion, however, and Duffy was declared out
 How It Was Done.
 Birmingham scored in the first inning After two men were out Milerlck hit safe and Lynch followed with another crack which sent big Pat to third. The double steal game was tried and on Clarke's throw to second Millerick scored
 Another score was affixed in the fourth inning. Jimmy OBren laced a terrific drive against right field fence which bound back to center field, Jimmy taking third with ease. Mullaney then hit long fly which made Kennedy dance It look ed as If he had the ball In his hands when he suddenly ducked and the little sphere hit five feet behind him. In the meantime Jimmy scored and Mullaney took second. There he died
 The Real Thing. l The real business which lit things up opened the proceedings with stinging | drive over second. OBrien cracked a sharp one to right and Kennedy let it | get by him, Hanley taking third. Null | laney then walked, filling the bases with nobody out. Tamsett then sent ground | CT to Mckay, which forced out Hanley at the plate. Wagner rapped sharp one into Mckay and was thrown out at first. while O Brien scored. Duffy then hit safe | for the fourth time, sending Mulaney and Tamsett across the rubber Duffy att | tempted to stretch the hit and was called out at second on throw from the catch | CT. This caused the outburst against the | umpire which sent Tamsett to the bench. l Another bunch of frecrackers was 1 touched off in the seventh inning. which 1 practically ended the performance for the day. After one man had gone down and out. Milerick hit safe over short. l Lynch repeated the dose sending Pat to