The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-15


 Atlanta. August 4.-(special) )-rhe ! Barons had no trouble this afternoon. ! Everything came their way. and came 1 without much persuasion. Wilhelm was i in rare form and Zeller was not. Every
 thing that the erstwhle Atlanta "wizard''
 dared 10 hand ove rthe plate the Barons
 accepted without thanks. The hitting of 1 the Barons was the feature of the aft 1 ernoon, and the feature of the hitting was
 the home run of Irwin Wilhelm. The final score was: Birmingham :, At lanta l.
 By winning today the Barons divided the series with Atlanta. each team having landed two games. If the rain hadn't in-
 terfered Monday afternoon, Weller would have won too
 In speaking of the rain. one is genrly
 reminded that it was quite sloppy this afternon when the Barons and the Crack CTS met. There were some splendid stunts
 of sliding from one base to another. Had
 the field been fast the Barons would have
 made thousand runs.
 Several times the gentle dewdrops came
 pattering down, seemingly in answer to the prayers of the fanatics here. You
 should have seen Billy Smith as he prayed
 for rain, and Harry Vaughn as he stood erect, fearing that another cloudburst
 would i'll his cup to oyerhowing. Then | the fifth was passed and Harry prayed 1 for rain, while Billy Smith prayed for
 anything else.
 From a fielding standpoint, you will have to tip your hat to Jim the Fox, Atlanta first baseman, and Jim Dyer At lanta third baseman.
 These men went out and got them
 everywhere. For a time the locals lined
 them directly towards these two corners,
 and invariably the guardians copped the
 sphere.
 Then Texas leaguers galore these two
 men captured Such fielding on such d muddy field was never seen before These "bugs" over here have the fever | had. Noting the great crowd that filled | the park in spite of the threatening weather. my memory hied back to the
 day when Birmingham was winning q | pennant.
 For rainy day. the attendance was ! phenomenal. And everybody came load 1 ed to the brim with ginger and pepper. | There was roofing from the grandstand | the waving of handkerchiefs and the op- | ening and shutting of parasos. Enthus- | iasm reigned supreme, and the game Was 1 going in the wrong direction, and the day 1 vas dampi
 l Wilhelm was a perfect mystery. The l Crackers hit him all right but they never | had chance to score. Their lone tally came in the ninth inning, when Carlos
 smith dropped long fly, The chance, ! considering the damp condition of the l field. was a hard one, and many fielder | would have made little effort. Carlos is | charged with an error, but had I been | scoring he would not have suffered. At l any rate. when Smith failed to catch this 1 fly. home plate was split wide open, and | Cracker runner touched It. Save the swatting of the Barons there | was nothing to the game. Wilhelm and ! Carlos Smith got home runs. Wilhelm | got a double and Carlos Smith got two | of the same brand. Meek got three hits. l Molesworth got two. It seems that the | locals had on their swatting clothes.
 We are preparing to shape the dust of l Atlanta for the slag The road trip mas | been a success The Barons have won | four and lost three games on the outing. | Had hard luck not confronted them more | games would have been won. The esprit l de corps. in my opinion has improved l 100 per cent.
 | Montgomery plays here tomorrow and | Nashville meets the Barons in Birmlng- | ham.
 Gardner is still indisposed