The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-25
BARREL OF SORROW
 FUR PILL CITY Great GobS of Defeat Are Handed Out By Dwight WELLER IS POUNDED HARD New Yorker Falls to Come Up to Ex- pectations and the Alabama City
 swatters Have Batting Bee
 at His Expense.
WELLER IS POUNDED HARD

Mack Weller, New York leaguer and erstwhle Baron, but of late anticipated star of the Pel City champs, danced right graciously yesterday afternoon for seven long innings to a lively tune entitled. Put It Over and Watch Us Heave To" which self-same tune was played with the cracking of the bats in the hands of the Alabama City swatsmen That seven rounds was enough. At their close Vel Ter overcome discarded the dancing slip pers, put on his brogans and rambled onward toward the bench. He left the box with the score standing to against him, and nothing was doing thereafter.
 Thus it transpires that there is weep ing and wailing and gnashing of teeth over in Pell City, and the whole city is wearing mourning for their vanquished champions. It will probably take a week to resusctate the nine men. On the other hand there is rejoicing among the Dwights of Alabama City; in fact, It is said that the whole delegation which came to Birmingham to see the Dwight team win the state championship, went home last night fairly intoxicated with joy. What brand of "joy" caused this intoxication Is as yet doubtful. When the train left last night double quar- tette of cotton mill splnners was sing ing Back, Back, Back to Old New York" for MT Weller's benefit.
 When the game was called yesterday afternoon at o'clock there were about 1000 spectators on hand, and this crowd was swelled to about 1900 before the third inning. There were about $50 fans from Alabama City, who came over on a spe- cial train and there would have been equally as many from Pell City, If it had been possible to have secured a train from that place. Everybody was so full of "holler' that no one sat still a minute. Betting favored the Pell Cityites with odds about F to 10. A considerable amount of money changed hands to the Alabama City supporters
 Pell City scored in the first inning on single by Rooney, followed by a two tied the score In the third when Kill patrick singled and was brought in by stinging two-bagger by Carnes.
 In the fourth Alabama City lit off whole barrel full of fireworks Pearce reached first on an error by D. Pratt and Murphy followed with two-bagger, scoring him. Riddle and Fitzpatrick fol- lowed with blngles, scoring Murphy. Bow den then laced out beauty for one bag and cleaned the race course. Four runs in one inning.
 In Pell Citys half of the fifth they added one more and the last run to their account Singles by Pair, Rooney and Mccoy netted one run.
 In the sixth Alabama City ended the run-gettlng proposition and sewed up the game, with three additional scores Mur- phy led off with his third hit of the day and scored on a two-bagger by Kilpat- rick. Bowden and Mccoy followed with safe ones and two more runs were pushed over the plate.
 From the fielding point the game was not a bad one. Pell City made only one error behind Weller. and only three mis- cues are charged to Dwight. Weller w~m simply hammered at will, and 1t Is ru- mored that after the fourth inning Dad Cook went out and put some additional braces behind the score board. Carnes. for Alabama City, on the other hand kept his opponents on his hip at all stages and twirled real league ball He Is good for a Southern league berth next season.
 Kilpatrick, Bowden and Murphy of Ala bama City each hit every time except once. The hitting of these men was feature D. Pratt played an excellent game at short for Pell City His three bagger in the eighth inning went almost to the left field fence on line drive and was probably one of the hardest hit balls ever struck on the West End field.
 Weller caused much disappointment vesterday afternoon. It cannot be said what was the matter, unless 1t Is simply the fact that his opponents had their specs on and swung their bats into the proper place.
 The Official Score.