The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Games Today.
Shreveport at New Orleans.

After tieing the score in the ninth, the
Coal Barons lost the first game of the
series with the Pelicans yesterday after
noon in the tenth round. Score to l.
The game for the first nine innings was
beautifully played and neither side could
shove a runner across the plate until the
NINTH Matthews was put into bat FOR
Wilhelm In Birminghams half OF the
NINTH and this necessitated the substl-
tuition of Ginger Clark in the tenth.
Clark was wild and two passes coupled
with a pair of errors cost one run and
the game
About the only feature to detract from
the game was a wrangle in the tenth In
ming Blake had flied to Wordsworth MAX
ing the third out and during the change
from the field to the bat the sphere
mysteriously disappeared Buckley did not
see where it went, but circumstantial evil
dence strongly indicated that it had been
put out by a member of the Baron
ranks.
Upon the kick of the Pelican players.
Umpire Buckley demanded of Vaughan
the return of the ball. About this time,
men were collected in front of the home
bench. Many of the words passed dur
ing the heated discussions lacked the
polish of polite English.
In insisting upon the return of the ball
to the field by the Birmingham players,
Umpire Buckley was apparently morally
right, but legally wrong. He did not see
a Baron actually take the ball. and there
fore he could not demand that he re-
turn it. Play was again resumed, Man.
ager Frank of the New Orleans club
announcing that he would play the re-
mainder of the game under protest.
THE game was pitchers battle and
It appeared that Little Eva Wilhelm had
the best of Sorrell. Both teams gave
the pitchers good support, and several
'ctacuar plays were made.
MoIesworth the Star.
'Gladys" Wordsworth was the star He
got two of the Barons' four hits, and 1t
was his timely single to right that scored
Brmingham's only run. In addition, he
made two phenomenal catches. In the
eighth he robbed Sorrell of a two-bagger.
The big Pelican twirler sent the ball to
deep right center. Wordsworth left with
the crack of the bat, but even then 1t
looked impossible. He literally annihilated
the last twenty feet of space, and with
a final desperate stab caught the ball
with one hand. He repeated the stunt
In the tenth when Blake sent long fly
In the same direction.
The run getting started in the ninth,
when the Pelicans got Cargo across the
rubber on Blake's two-bagger. Rickert
first up, was an easy out on a fly to
Oy1er But little "Chick" Cargo landed
safe, and for the first time during the
game Wilhelm allowed his opponents to
bunch hits. After Blalkes two-bagger had
scored Cargo. Knoll and Beck were easy
outs.
Birmingham was equally as successful.
Matthews was sent in to bat for Wilhelm
and by a combination OF coaching and
roofing Sorrell was induced to throw four
bad ones. Montgomery placed a neat sac
rifce to the pitcher, and Matty tailed
on Molesworth's long single Smith and
Gear were retired on flies to the outfield.
The Pelicans got the second run and
the game In the tenth. Bird was passed
by Ginger and 'Brien, next up, sent a
erounder to Vaughan. The big first base
man whipped the ball to second on a bee
line. but in the meantime Bird got in its
path, and the ball went to center field
via his Uranium. Sorrell sent a teasing
hunt to Clark, who couldn't get his fingers
around 1t. and the bases were full, with
".Terrib1e joe Rickert at the bat. He
also was favored with a pass, forcing
Bird across the plate. Cargo punctured
the atmosphere three times and Blake
was out on a fly to center. A last desper-
ate but futile effort was made by the
Barons in their half Of the tenth.