The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-26
By BILL AK.

By BILL AK.
 You often hear one say: ~I want to see an old-fashion slugging match, in which every man hits the ball and every player runs himself to death"
 Yesterday afternoon this individual was in his glory. for in the first of the At Ianta- Birmingham series there was total of 30 swats and ten bases on balls. Although our friends from across the border got IS of the 90 swats they did not get the game thanks to superb sup port rendered Pitcher Turner, and the good offices of Dame Fortune.
 The score of the game was to 5, the Barons winning through some reason as yet unknown.
 The individual hitting of Molesworth and Hurlburt. who have clean slates, and Henline and Becker, featured the con test and a scrap of words, threats ana fines between Umpire o'Brien and Short stop Castro, resulting in the election rom the park of the latter, must not be for gotten.
 rrbora yas rnuch of interest connected with the game.
 The RarOnS are cTeulltu Wleii -A eSSiSSS' First Baseman Fox of Atlanta Is cred tied with but four put-outs, and if first baseman in a regular professional game ever got less then we fail to remember the occurrence.
 The three pitchers were surrounded with horseshoes, for there were enough hits in the game to score 40 runs or more. The hits came at inopportune times for both aggregations and thus kept down the scores.
 The Barons succeeded in retiring two runners at the plate and killing another ..Gincer' Winters at third when he at- ,ennted to stretch double into triple Just such sensational work kept Turner head above water too deep for him to wade in.
 Henline. by a bit of sensational fielding and throwing, saved the game.
 A magnificent stop of Winters hit over second by Downey, saved two scores and the game.
 Splendid fielding by Bill Douglass robbed Winters in the eighth. prevented Johns from scoring and saved the day.
 Everybody was doing fine work for both teams except the pitchers.
 There was more than one peculiar play in the game.
 With Walters on third and Henlne on second Turner flied out to Winters. Win ters returned the ball to the plate. Johns stopped the throw, however. allowed Wal ters to score. and threw Henline out be- tween second and third.
 Then James Fox was third when Jordan attempted to steal. Meek was in front of the plate when Fox attempted to score and evidently realizing that he could not stop Fox, threw to second in an effort to catch Jordan. In the mean time, however, Turner had reached the nlate and receiving a rapid throw from Downey, retired Fox.
 The Rarons certainly drew the smiles of Dame Fortune.
 At another time did Downey make a magnificent throw. With none on bases Winters hit to deep right-center. He was at second before Holmes got the ball. When Downey received the return Win ters was within three feet of third. Like a shot the sphere was hurled across the diamond. Walters tagged Winters, who. more than any other, was surprised. Something had fore-ordained that the Rarons would win and nothing could keep them from doing so.
 Had Winters remained on second, or had he reached third he would nave scored for a moment later Becker an- corked a glorious bingle to right-iong enough to ride even Meek home.
 Billy Smith pinned his faith to Cum mings.
 Cummings had prayer behind every ball he delivered. He lasted, through desperation, for several innings, but was yanked out at the conciueioh oI the fourth.
 His successor Admiral Johns. fared little better, and when the turmoil was over he had yielded as many hits and allowed as many runs as Cummings.
 Turner pitched the entire game for Birmingham. He had his distress sig nal always extended, but Molesworth disregarded his piteous cries for re- lief In justice to Tuck" however, 1t should be said that he behaved himself better than usual, and during the en- gagement retired two men as a result of individual effort.
 The Crackers registered the first run.
 In the second inning Becker led off with a double and went to third on an out Jordan, after walking, at tempted to steal second and Becker was shot at the plate.
 Successive hits by Hurlburt and Cas- tro scored Jordan.
 The Barons got it back in the third. After Turner went out, Molesworth wes walked. Demont hit to center and Win ters looked at the ball such long time that Molesworth had no trouble In scoring. Meek then urcorked to