The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-05
Terrific Dose of Goose EggS for Locals Yesterday
 Afternoon GAME LOST BY LOCALS
 IN THE FIRST INNING
Fireworks Display Is Witnessed By a Crowd of Five Thousand Specta- tors-Mnahan Pitched
 for Birmingham.

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 During the first part of the month of July, in the year 1776 in the city of Phil adelphia, a document which has proven to be quite a valuable one to the pople of America. vas signed and sas the old statesman Bejamin Franklin affixed his | signature thereto he remarked, We will have to hang to this, and his old friend John Hancock added, "yes if we have to hang by it." The Birmingham base ball team failed to live up to the doc trines of the old patriots on the after noon of the recent Glorious Fourth of July by hanging to it. and as a result all chances for a place in the first divis- ion of the Southern league standing were plotted out for a few days to come at least. Score: Nashville, 6; Birmingham, 0.
 The Fourth of July. 1t Is said, is to ap- propriate time for fire works displays. Well. we got ours, alright in the first in- ming of that game yesterday afternoon. Roman candlers, sky rockets, bomb shells, and fire crackers in profusion were light ed off and when the smoke had cleared away after the first inning the figure 5 appeared on the score board to Nash ville's credit, while Pitcher Mlnahan was laying over In the grass snEssaging his face with turkish towels. And the five ready to play quits.
 Birmingham got an awful dose. The Fishermen gained such a lead In the first inning that the final result of the second contest of the day was never in doubt. Just to make it strong. another run was scored in the last part of the game by the visitors, and 1t was case of good night Irene, with the Barons. Today the locals are no nearer the 800 percentage mark In the standing than they were when the home coming from Atlanta was celebrated Sunday morning.
 Record-Breakine Attendance.
 The crowd at the afternoon game yes- terday was the largest in the history of local baseball. In the early part of the afternoon the skies were olouded, but the fans and rooters were not in the least bit discouraged. They would have stood for rain storms, hall storms or snow storms, just to have seen baseball game. After the grand stand and the bleechers had been filled to their capacity the gates leading to the playing field were thrown open and in floeked the multtudes Benches, chairs and boxes were brought into ser vice, but there was not enough to go around by long odds. Hundreds if not thousands, found resting place on the sod under Mount Slag. It Was feoes- sary to establish ground rules, and noth- ing better than a two-base hit could be secured, unless the ball was put over the fence. This was not done however, by either team
 Wiley Piatt, who went down In defeat at the morning game had ginger enough to tackle the Barons again, much to their sorrow. Five hits were secured off the old timer but they were scattered and accomplished no good for the Barons in the matter of getting runs It was in the first inning that Birmingham lost the game. Minahan found much diffi- culty in locating the rubber, while the players behind him apparently were suf- feflns from bad case of stage fright The match-lighting of the fire works dis play started when the flaxen-haired youth walked Bennett, while his old side pal, Kennedy, sacrificed him.
 Though Wiseman's bounder came easy to Tamsett. the shortstop threw wild to first. Before the fans could realize what had happened, Andrews went to first by the Big Four route, and everv- thing was filled up. Russell patronized the same line, anchoring Bennett safely at home Feldhaus then made a terrific plunge at the ball, with a man on all of the bases and before inc crowd had fully realized what had taken place. the score Tor Nashville was 8. The hit counted as a two-bagger, and then Smith slambed one to Jimmy OBrien, who threw home to Matthews to catch the runner. Matthews figured that if was a forced run. touched the home plate and threw to first base, while Russell crossed the stye and Smith was few yards away down on first base telling Harry Vaughan a few funny stories. Felhaus went to third on the play and scored when Happy Joe Henegar uiopptu MdttneW throw to second on Smiths steal. The next two men, Ac- corsini and Piatt, retired on pops to the inf1eld. In the eight inning the Fishermen made their sixth. run when Wiseman went to first on flee pass to second on sacrifice and after stealing third, came home on Fedhaus single
 Birmir gham had chance, q sure enough good one. to score in the first inning. when Duffy was on first base smith hit a nice one to deep left center which should have netted him several bases. two at least. but after a nice long run Felhaus claimed 1t as his own, anc it was all off for the Barons.
 Nashville and Birmingham play again this afternoon. It is AlIoway's day to pitch for the Barons. Herman will prob- ably pitch for the visitors. The game Will be called at 4 o'clock.
 The Official Sore.
 6lrmingham- AB. R. H. 20. A. E.