The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-23
Games Today.
Games Today.
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With their tail curled in a triumphant
knot the Coal Barons took a running
jump at their old time rivals from the
Cumberland and ere the dust had settled
on the first onslaught Fisher and his
blue clad clan were ready to pack up
their willows and HE themselves to
more congenial quarters
Birmingham 6; Nashville 1, and pity
to accept the coin.
1t took Dad Cook, two buckets of ice
and twenty feet of hose to keep the
saplings cooled off while the heroes of
Slagtown put the timber to Herman In
the first inning and a few dying kicks
was the best the Tennessee tribe could
do during the rest of the one-sided strug-
gle.
More than two thousand of the faith
full wandered to the valley of Mount Stag
to pay homage to the returning heroes
and well were they repaid for the effort.
They saw Newt Fisher wrapped in a
hiding sheet and the demolition of his
former prestige in Slagtown was complete.
1t was not well fought battle. 1t was
simply a Waterloo and Ginger Clark as
sumed the role of Wellington. Like ten
pins the Fishermen fell away from the
plate and their chances of success was
as slim as the opportunities of snow
ball in that region where molten lead is
used in the place of dopey-cola
Yielded Four Hits.
In the nine innings of the elongated con-
test Ginger turned loose total of four
safe hits and on one occasion when
two men occupied berths on the bags with
no one out he struck out the next three
men just to please the children. It was
Ginger's day and the energetic youth
from Wooster delivered.
Nearly every man on the Birmingham
team landed for safe drives when bingles
inquired in the score book and at the finish
it was found that the willy Herman had
been touched up for total of eleven hits,
which Melted a half dozen runs. That be-
ing sufficient the Barons laid off for the
day.
Jimmy O'Brien is the only man to suffer
from hard luck After driving the Of
fetal package to the left field fence for
three bags he tried to stretch it into
home run and was called out at the plate.
He got cheers just. the same and as the
run was not nc eded nobody tore their
hair nor abused the doing of old Dame
Luck.
Played Like Indians.
After the initial set-to, in which Nash
Vile failed to score the Barons rushed
on the green like band of war painted
Indians and then the fun began. Duffy
who was first up whipped a beauty over
third base for one bag and rested safely
at first Lynch started to bunt, but as
ne observed Kennedy rushing in for the
ball he switched his tactics and punched
the ball over his head. Both men were
safe and Vaughan also hunted. Kennedy
came up for the ball and Pug Bennett
who covered the bag let the Victor slip
through his fingers and everybody was
safe. Billy Smith lost no time in slap
ping stingarina over short and 1t was
case of change corners, all hands
around" Duffy and Lynch scored. Pat
Millerick then sent them both forward on
a beautiful bunt and Joe Hennessey,
thinking himself just as good as Smith
whaeked a scorehing grass cutter to right
field. while Big Harry and Smith can
tered across the rubber. Tamsett hit to
short but Lowney erred and Hennessey
was safe on third. Tamsett promptly
stole second, but Hennessey was caught