The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-15

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 It really was the worst hard luck story of the season in the shadow of the slag- pile, and that the Barons should have had all the bad luck while the puffed-up Fire men grew more and more "chesty," made the ten-inning defeat very. very hard to bear. indeed
 And "Matty" lost the game-earnest, energetic, hard working "Matty"-but that 1t wracked his very soul to be responsi- ble for defeat was sufficiently evident took the journey to West End park. Ginger Clark, too, must shoulder part of the responsibility for his teams defeat, as his wild pitch in the tenth let in the winning run. And, yet, para doxical as 1t may sound, Clark should never had lost such game as he pitched or, rather, his team mates should never have permitted such a game to be lost. Just one little single at several stages of the contest and the Barons would have been returned the victors.
 They Could Have Won. Frank Delehanty had an opportunity to bring In couple of runs in the third and he did soak the horsehide right on the nose, but 1t went on a dead line into "Whitey Morses init and two Baron baserunners were left on third and sec ond bags, respectively. It was another case of hard luck for if the sphere had gone two feet to either side of where Morse was playing a safe hit would have been recorded and Hafford and Niles, who were occupying third and second, In the order named, would have romped home. Again in the fourth both Matthews and Clark had opportunities to bring in run, but neither was equal to the emergency In the very next inning Dele hanty' and Miller had chances to score man by making a hit. but neither could connect safely, and yet again In the sixth Moore could have brought "Matty | to counting territory with a hit It was the same story in the seventh when, af- ter Ginger had hit safe and Hafford had | walked to first on four bad ones, Niles, | Delehanty and Miller all failed to put the horsehide into safe territory.
 Peculiar Game.
 It really was a peculiar game, as a | study of the official score will show. In the first place Clark allowed but two wee singles and passed but three men | to first while Burnam was touched up for eight bingles, including pair of two baggers and gave seven free passes on bad balls In the second place the only earned run was scored by the Barons on Niles single and Delehanty's corking double to the left field fence. In the third place Birmingham had an even doz- | en men left on bases while the Bremen were lucky enough to get two out or the seven that reached the initial bag safely home.
 If was a hard game to lose-one of the hardest of the season--but such Is life in the world of baseball. Local fans can only grin and bear the load and hope that luck may run the other way in the remaining games with the Georgians.
 The Firemen were first to get other than a large goose egg and they broke the monotony of thoughts on the big score board in center in the hfth
 Jordan Started.
 Jordan opened up with single to cen ter and Morse sacrificed him to second. Then, after McCay had struck out and Archer had been soaked in the short ribs, "Matty" let one of "Gingers' curves. served to Burnam, get through him and the sphere was lost In the high grass back of the plate. While "Matty' was  looking for the ball Jordan came home.
 The rooters woke up'' in the ninth when the Barons tied the score after Clarke and Hafford had gone out. Niles hit safe and Deehanty soaked the horse- hide between the seams for two bags, bringing the fast second baseman home, In their half of the tenth the Firemen made the winning run. Jordan. the first man up. was an easy out from Clarke to Miller but Delehanty dropped Morse s difficult liner, giving "Whitey lie McCay then struck out, but Mathews dropped the ball. and, in trying to hold Morse at second. Mattey held sAe ball too long and when he threw to first to head off McCay the ball struck the lat ter on the shoulder and rolled toward right field, Morse taking third on the play. Clarke then made a wild pitch and Morse came home.
 The Barons could do nothing in theii half of the inning and the game ended when Umpire Carpenter called a third strike on Matthews.