The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-05
BY BILL AK.

The Barons, a. the end approaches. grow each day mere inefficient. They give the appearance of playing simply because they have contra cted to re- main in harness until the close of the season.
 It is q horrible state of affairs. To watch them is heartrendng. They are the deadest bunch that Birmingham ever presented, and Birmingham. in years gone, has seen some dead ones. Let the end hasten is the prayer of the faithful. The falling of the leaves. the signing of the wind, the buttoning of overcoat under the chin and the de- parture of the Barons.
 Memphis won the game yesterday aft : ernoon.
 Rather, il should be said that Bir- mingham lost.
 Birmingham lost because the Barons wouldn't win.
 Here are some of the iniscues charged to the Memphii:
 Suggs yielded nine hits.
 Suggs made a wild pitch.
 Suggs gave one base on balls.
  Hurlburt let two balls get by him. The Memphii made three errors.
 
 After considering the above. how can you reconcile the fact that the Memphii scored six runs to the Barors' two? Here are the Baron miscues.
 Clarke yielded five hits in three in nings.
 Ragan yielded five hits in six innings. Clarke hit two men with pitched balls
 Clarke walked one man.
 There were no wild pitches. no passed balls Furthermore, the Barons made no errors.
 But still. the Memrhi won
 The Barons should have won in a walk.
 The work of Clarke was miserable in the extreme.
 He got through the first inning all right.
 In the second, after two had gone down, James hit safe.
 Clarke hit Richards with the ball Hurlburt hit safe for two bags, two men scoring,
 Clarke hit Suggs with the ball. Bills retired the siCe on a fly out. Here is the history of he third in ming:
 Babb flied out to center. Neighbors hit safe and stole second. Carter was walked. Carey. thereupon. hit safe to center and Neighbors tailed James went out to the infeld, but Richards doubled to right. Two more runs counted.
 Ragan did good work save in the ninth inning when Richards trippled and Hurlburt scored him on a double. In the third inning. Pitcher Clark scored a run for the Barons.
 He couldn't have done otherwise.
 He was walked.
 He took second on a passed ball. went to third on an out and scored on wild pitch.
 In an attempt to retire him al second he sustained an injury to his leg which caused his retirement.
 Walters scored ,.e other run in the sixth.
 Gardner led off with a single Wal ters hit to the infied, and Gardner was forced In an effort to retire Walters at first. attempting to complete the double, Babb threw wild and as Wal ters neared second. Carey threw wild Walters checked himself on yiird. from which bag he scored on Alcocks safe rap to center.
 Umpire Pfennnger had an off day his decisions hurting both sides. In the seventh, q most amusing 1n- cdent occurred. Bills was on first, having reached that sack by beating out an inneld hit. Babb hit foul which rebounded from Garvin's init intS the diamond. GarVin gathers up the sphere. threw to second. retiring Bills and Demont completed q double by throwing to first, to which bag Babb had not even started.
 The hit was clearly foul but pfin- ninger failed to notice.
 The hit was clearly a foul, but Pfen- honestly mistaken in his decision
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