The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-21
Errors Of Barons Lost the Game
By Score of -Four
to One
Raglan AND CLARK
HELD VISITORS EASILY
Mite and Alcock Succeeded Walters
and Montqomery-Alcock Hit Gard
ner Home-Six Safeties
for the Barons.

The first game between the champions
of the National and the Southern leagues
was taken by the former by score OF
to /.
In spite of this fact the Barons showed
the visitors up entirely. They had grown
accustomed to ordinary baseball down
in New Orleans and Mobile, and when in
the first inning the Barons earned run
there was CONSERVATION,
The only earned run OF the game fell
to the Barons The locals piled up six
hits, while the Cubs had to content them
selves with a measley one, and that fan
ing to DR.. Gessler, was of the vsrlest
scratch variety. The Barons made six
errors. The Cubs made six. The miscues
of the Barons, however We're costly. one
by Alcock allowing two runners to cross
the plate.
The Baron ndeld was weakened a trifie.
Walters was on the bench, being indis-
posed, and Mite took his place. The
youngster showed up splenddly, however,
and it Is doubtful If Lew himself could
have done better. Alcocl< played third,
Montgomery still being too weak to take
violent exercise, and while the position
was fairly we'll filled a ball ambling be-
tween the sandals cost two talles.
Fans Are Delighted.
The fans were delighted with the show
ing. If a baseball game was decided on
points. instead of runs, the Barons would
have conquered. Clark and Raglan were
on the local firing line, and throughout
they were impregnable. Only one hit was
yielded by Clark, and as stated that was
a scratch. Ragan passed through four
innings without blemish. When this
work is considered the fans have great
reasons to be proud II is still early, and
the Cubs are the National league cham
plons.
There were several senatorial plays
made, and these all fell to the lot Of the
Barons. Mite did several neat stunts,
and Oyler showed that his speed OF last
season is none the less great. He was
spectacular on several occasionse. Pfels-
ter and overall twired TO rthc Cubs. and
their delivery was solved six times kahoe
caught for the visitors. while the back
stop work FOR Birmingham was done by
Garvin and Meek. 1t was good to see the
former paving the earth during the time
that the Barons were filing the bases.
hC dbStlCc VI MATTHEWS WAS not HOleu.
Drop the Ball.
Wordsworth and Smith dropped fly balls
Alcock made a wild throw TO first and
allowed another easy one to roll through
his legs. Otherwise the Barons were all
to the good The Indications are fine.
Neither of the teams played smoothly
The fact that the season is early was
evidenced on more than one occasion.
Still the game was interesting, and the
cries of the fanatics were echoed from
the base of the slagpile and madly rover
berated down Village creek The atten-
dance was good and the fans were good
natured. 1t was an ideal day, and all
were serene. Joe Burke umpired the
game, and the fans found fault. This Is
natural, however. There was never an
umpire who made good. and the man
with ringing voice was never very popu-
lar as an Indicator in Birmingham.
There will be another game this after
noon. Bruner and Turner will be allowed
to pitch, while Brown and Reulhack will
probably twirl for the little boys out OF
the windy burg.