The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-27

Birmingham and Shreveport broke even in a double header yesterday afternoon. The two games afforded decided con trast. the first being well played and in- teresting to the last. while the second was the kind that the loyal fans like to forget
 Rip" Ragan wa in excellent form in the first contest and had no trouble In defeating the Gilkites by score of to 0. In the second Dessau was accorded poor support, and lost by a score of to 2.
 The first game was marred by the neces- sity of the players umpiring, and led to an incident which lessened the pleasure of witnessing the contest
 Fritz was the member from Shreveport called upon to umpire, and In the fourth inning Matthews resented one of his de- cisions and struck him, and the confusion following this attack delayed the game about ten minutes.
 President Kavanaugh, it is urged, should see that an umpire is ordered here at once. If Carpenter cannot come on &C., count of the quarantine. he should be as- signed to some other city and one of the remaining three sent here.
 The First Game.
 Rip" Ragan was sent in by Vaughan to assist in administering a defeat to the naughty Pirates and well did he suc- ceed Ragans spit ball was too much for the batters of Shreveport and at critical moments of the game his delivery could not be solved. Big Red" Fisher essayed to defend the honors of the Louisiana town and pitched what would ordinarily have been winning ball. The eight hits of the Barons. however, came at opportune moments. while the bingles of the Gilkites were fairly well scattered.
 Hafford at short and Delehanty In left field pulled off several fast fielding stunts. In the seventh inning Hafford picked up what looked to be a good hit, only a few feet from second base, and without the loss of a moment sent the horsehide to first. 1t was a pretty play and received due applause
 In the absence of a regular umpire Fritz and Ginger Clark were selected to officate. The latter did fairly well, but Fritz made several rank decisions. In the IOuTll ltlendnty lineu out u cltdH IWO- base hit to left field. The ball went by third base and was never in dangerous proximity to the foul line until 1t was some distance in the field. Fritz called 1t foul, after the players on both teams had apparently accepted 1t as fair. The occupants of the grandstand raised an awful howl and several of the Baron players, headed by Father Vaughan, went out to register a kick. It seems that the umpire pro tenn used some language that reflected seriously on Matthews charac- ter. The Baron catcher quick as a flash delivered three or four blows to Fritz before the two could be separated Matty's patience was exhausted, and he pushed the acting umpire around for several yards, all the time doing his best to hit him.
 Both players were put under bond and after ten minutes of delay play was re- sumed Matty continued to do the re- ceiving act and Fritz officated for the remainder of the game
 Barons Make First Run.
 The first run of the Barons was made in the initial inning. Hafford walked and Dusty Miller hit safe, but Hafford was held at second. Montgomery ad- vanced both men on ?. neat bunt in front of the plate, and was thrown out hm- self by only a few feet. Delehanty had the necessary article up his sleeve and sent one to Evans too hot to be handled. Hafford tailed, but Dusty was caught at the plate
 The next tally was recorded in the third. Hafford found one of Fishers curves to his liking and sent it to the fence for two bags. Miller followed with timely single to light. and the Barons' lead was increased one point. In the seventh Hennessy's single to left scored Deehanty from second base. In the eighth two-baggers by Hafford, Miller and Montgomery brought in two more runs and ended the scoring.
 On one or two occasions Shreveport had chance to score, but fast fielding by the Barons cut off all hopes in each instance. The official score is: