The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
Games Today.


Little Rock at Birmingham.
Memphis at Montgomery.
New Orleans at Nashville
Shreveport at Atlanta
It was all done in flash! A clap of
thunder from clear sky the sudden sp-
pearanoe of an Aurora Boreals. nothing
could have been more unexpected. more
surprising. more disappointing.
With the day practically won, the
Barons flied the coop, sat impotentl
upon its top, and from that perch saw
the visitors walk away with the game
laughing syly. 1t may have been
trescherous punch to the solar plexus, or
a lightning uppereut to the chin 1t may
have been the startling introduction of
cold steel beneath the fifth rib, or the
hypnotic influence of a iettator
At any rate, something caused the
Barons to lose to the Travellers after the
locals had practically cinched the game.
sop1ething caused Wilhelm, until the
seventh inning impregnable to yield three
successive hits to the same place. Some
thing caused Garvin to allow Smiths
return to the plate to roll rapidly be-
tween his shoe leather Something caused
Wilhelm's spit ball to break treacherous-
" and lodging the catcher's NIT, to fly
with an awful Shrek against the
grand stand. Then, something got In
Garvin's optics and caused the next ball
to glide from his nit and leave the home
plate open to the enemy. Something
caused the Barons defeat. Something
broke Supremacy fortunate for the Tray
elers, allowing them to carry to their
dens in the subway a one-sided game,
taken from the leaders by the score of
8 TO l.
The Boldest Quake.
When the sixth inning had come, and
the train started down the road with the
visitors at the bat, the boldest among the
Baron rooters quaked with fear. so that
the grand stand rocked dangerously. And
when the next inning brought defeat to
the arms of the locals, more than one
complained with a voice full of awe Il
told you SOL told you So Again did
the train cause its baneful influence to
permeate the uniforms of the Barons, and
again did it bring about a grewsome de-
feat.
1T is not so bad after all" declared the
most cheerful of the local fans. Little
Rock needs the game, needs it badly and
ii Atlanta or Birmingham does not help
the weak, what will become of the
league" That was it, The Barons were
generous to the weaklings of the league.
Singing merrily in that key the fans
returned to town. none the least down
cast. none the least maddened Some
thing to drown the awful disappointment
was necessary. and that the Barons
We're generous" hit the spot. An old say
ing of Harry Vaughn s-"Nothing is truer
than this we cannot win them all, came
back like a flash and the day was good.
IF any must beat US, let it be Little
Rock" everyone said. With this spirit
predominating. much of the disappoint-
ment was wiped away.
Jove Grows Angry.
Until the coming of the seventh which
when the train passes when it should.
is the lucky inning for the locals. the
Rarons had the visitors on their hip, with
one run TO the good. Wilhelm was pitch
ing an if his life depended on winning
the game. and the Barons were fielding
like creased lightning. The pitcher had
sat the visitors down without a clean
hit, and with only one soiled scratch TO
the infeld. With this state of affairs,
the locals were resting easily, fearing
nothing from the magnificent work that
KeiSh was doing.
In the seventh, however when one was
down, Meaney hit safely to right. This
caused no uneasness, for the locals we'll
remembered how many worse holes Lit
tie Eva had worked out Of Then Doug
lass hit safe and still there was no sus-
picion that a run would be scored. When
next the ball was pasted to the same
spot however. and Smiths rapid return
to the plate continued its passage through
the legs of Garvin everyone knew that
something had happened. II was Mr..
Meaney who brought in the first run.
Then, strange to say, the gods grew
angry. Lightning flashed from the sky,
as if the angry Jove were peeping down
with a maddened eye Tremendous and
heavy thunder grumbled in the distance,
and drawing nearer and nearer until di-
rectly over the heads of the Barons. burst
cut in terrific fury. Dark, lowering clouds
threatened and the sun tlmidly dropped
itself into the depths of the oceans. 1t
was dark day and bad.
Trouble Thckens.
After Garvn had failed to field Smiths
return TO the plate, and the one run was
made, il looked as If the baneful wrath of
the gods had twisted the arm of Little
Eva" The next ball that he hurled across
the rubber took cute upward leap and
landed gracefully against the grandstand.
Another runner crossed the plate. The
next ball that was flown twisted I'm such
a seething fashion that Garvin let II pass
through his nit. Another run was scored
This was all. Wilhelm recovered himself |
after this terrific firing in the underbrush,
and the Travellers never again threatened
the home plate. Keith. however. was
pitching magnificent ball and the Bsrons
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