The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-04
BY BILL AK.

In the rankest exhibition of the sea son, the Barons lost the third and de cidng game to New Orleans yester- day afternoon.
 The score was to 2.
 Turner and Garvin and Latimer were the Birmingham battery. Manuel pitched for New Orleans and Matthews was the backstop.
 There were two features to the game home run drive over leftfeld fence by Pitcher Turner.
 A sensational catch by Centerfielder Molesworth
 These sparks served to brighten condl- lions, and keep the game from going down in history as tiring, disguesting, ridicu- lous and humiliating.
 No sooner does Turner walk into the box than dead silence settles about the field.
 The fans prepare themselves for the worst.
 The players lose heart. and. in conse- quence, their work grows rank.
 Turner seems to realize conditions. and he himself gets discouraged. This state of affairs renders it impossible for him to do himself justice. Turner is a much better pitcher than the average fan thinks.
 Throughout the greater part of yester- days game, a pin drop would have sounded like the shooting off of a can non.
 The few fans was tired, disguested, and many of them left the field. This at tack of ennui was increased ten fold when the Pelicans hit the ball when men were on bases, and when the support furnished Turner was so full of holes that it might have served an old tdsh toned sieve.
 There was never a first rate game of ball played about field wherein theie was no noise, no roofing fan screeching 10 the last ditch, no chronic knocNer eternally finding fault!
 Yesterday. the rooter and the knocker, seated by each other embraced as long separated brothers, and said nothing. Sl- lently they viewed the catastrophe.
 The game was miserable failure.
 Turner was hit freely. and his support was miserable
 Manuel was touched ap for one nit more than the Pelcans got, but he re- ceived worthy backing
 The Barons made five errors
 In addition, Turner scored two vii pitches.
 Manuel walked three men to Turner's two but these three walks were all given in one inning.
 Manuel hit a man in the ribs.
 1t was an on-day for everybody, ap- parently. Neither side seemed to care a rap, nor a hill of beans.
 The Barons got rotten in the first in- ming.
 Atz was walked Manning hit a slow one to short and Demont, running to second to head Atz was not prepared. After Cross had famed Sabrie hit safely to center and Jackey scored. Breiten- stein hit to Meek and Manning was out al the plate. Breitentsein thereupon stole second and Sabrie scored,
 Gaston famed.
 In the fifth Atz led off with hit. was sacrificed to second. took third on a wild pitch, and scored on Cross hit to the infied
 The sixth inning brought out all kinds of rank work.
 Gaston, first up, struck out.
 Gatins single beautifully to left. Turner caught him mapping of the intlal corner, and threw the ball to Meek. Gatins i'm mediately started for second and when Meek made a bum throw to Walters he
 
 able for Matthews being safe. Manuel hit to the pitch, and Turner threw wildly to first allowing Gatins to tally. Atz was safe on u fielder's choice, and Mat tbews went out at the plate, Garvin picking the ball from the ground where he had dropped 1t, and touching Matthews before that players short legs could reach the sack Manuel hit to pitcher and again Turner erred allowing Manuel 10 score from third.
 This was the most horrible of all the horrible innings
 The visitors final run came in the ninth round.
 After Manning had flied to Smith Cross doubled to left Sabre sckied to center, hut Breitenstein. at this stage of the game. got his third hit. Lave scored. In the third inning the Barons scored. With one down Deinont doubled over nACcD Al |