The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-13
By BILL AK.

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 Let no one think that we blame Me- Neal.
 Let no one think that we blame Chap belle.
 Each is an excellent gentleman, and each endeavored with true Gaston cour- tesy, to bedeck his honorable opponent with the honors of the afternoon.
 Chappelle should not be criticized be- cause he was finally persuaded to accept the laurels that so charmingly become his peculiar beauty.
 He strained every muscle to similarly decorate. McNeal.
 But the local gentleman was never more gracious than yesterday afternoon, and his chivalrous conduct completely over whelmed the gallant Chappelle, gallant though he unquestionably is.
 The pink tea ended with the score cards showing Memphis five punches" and Birmingham four.
 Along with the victory, Memphis was awarded the prizes of the afternoon. cut glass vase, and a pair of silk nose.
 It was the social affair of a particularly brilliant season.
 The secret of the afternoons result is found in the fact that McNeal was bit of clay in the hands of the visitors.
 He had nothing that deceived them.
 With men on bases, he was anything other than impregnable.
 bo ham would have won the game, for Chap belle was punished unmercifully, and in addition to the 10 swats which he yielded to Baron stickmen, he walked half a dozen men to the first corner.
 Memphis found McNeal for total of F safeties, among the number being q triple and a pair of doubles.
 The Barons gave McNeal errorless SUD- port.
 The umpires were on their best be- havior and no fault with their work can be found.
 Everyone endeavored to encourage the big lad. who was expected to work for the honor of Birmingham.
 But everything went wrong for one itdSOil-VhCANtdl ulu IOt SilOW lue dDlllIy to prevent the visitors from larruping the sphere when the men were on bases
 With the stick, Chappelle made up for his miserable failure on the slab.
 It is indeed an accurate statement when it is said that he won his own game.
 His hitting drove in three runs, and he himself made one other.
 Nothing more than the above fact, illus trates the woeful weakness displayed by McNeal.
 A pitcher hit him three times in four trials, and Chappelle's safeties were not of the Texas league variety.
 In the second inning he tripled to deep center, and sent two runners across the plate.
 In the sixth, Owens beat out slow one to Demont, was sacrificed and it was Chappelle's luscious single that scored him.
 In the sixth Baerwald doubled, and OLeary smashed safely to center driv- ing him home.
 In the meantime the Barons had scored twice, and had two runners thrown out at the plate.
 In the third, with one down. Demont was walked. He worked the ''delayed' steal, and Owens looked foolish after he had thrown the ball to center From third, Demont was squeezed home by Molesworth.
 The second run came in the fourth. With two down, Henline and Walters were walked.
 McNeal's tender hit to the infield, filled the bases. Manning thereupon, surprised the crowd by snglng neatly over third. scoring Henlne.
 Molesworth was thrown out at the plate in the fifth. He singled was sacrificed by Douglass, and attempted to tally on Raub's hit to right. O'Leary's mighty arm killed him at the plate.
 Henline was thrown out at the plate in the eighth. After two were down, he, having gained first on a fielder's choice, stole second. Walters hit lightly to right, and OLeary's mighty arm killed Henline at the plate.
 And thus stood the score when the ninth inning dawned-4 to 2.
 Chappelle opened that inning with a single to center.
 McNeal smiled, when tears would have been more appropriate.
 Murphy sacrificed Chappelle to second, and Baerwald's long double--his second of the game, incidentally-scored him.
 This was the run that gave the game to Memphis. In their half of the ninth, the Barons got busy themselves, and there was just