The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01
GAMES TODAY.
Montgomery at Memphis. Little Rock at New Orleans.

Manuel is the first iron man of the league this season.
 He won from Little Rock in two seven- inning contests and emerged from the second easier and with more honor than from the first.
 The first Baron victory, however, is due directly to Hogan Yancey, the hefty right gardener obtained from Bingham ton of the New York State league.
 In the sixth inning of the first, with the bases full, and with Little Rock two runs to the good, he smote the first of fering of the descendent of the great English poet to the furthermost corner of the right center field fence. Three runners scored, and he himself was called out on a close decision at the plate.
 Milton twirled splendidly in the first until the coming of the sixth, when through wildness he filled the bases, mak- ing possible Yancey's terrific triple.
 Birmingham won in the first inning Of the second game, when Henline singled, was sacrificed to second and scored when Molesworth cut one loose through Flood. Hits by Yancey and Raftis gave Manuel an opportunity in the sixth which he grasped with hoops of steel. He singled lusciously over second, scoring both run- ners.
 Little Rocks runs of the first game were scored in this fashion: In the fifth Sentz singled, but was forced at second An effort to force Carey on Milton's hit failed, and Collins Texas 1eaguer over second chased the "Scooper" home.
 In the sixth Flood was walked and he stole, went to third on an out and scored on an infield hit of Casey.
 Very Healthy Attendance.
 It looked like olden times in Birming- ham.
 There was a large attendance, one of the largest of the season. And the crowd was good humored and enthusiastic. The roofing was terrific, and the hammer ing of the knocker was not heard in the land.
 And the Barons played finely There was but one local error, and that was due to the fact that Gygli is playing out of his regular position. And there were no "bonehead" exhibitions. And the entire outfit was full of life and ginger and pepper. Bill Raftis starred in this partic- ular He kept up a chatter throughout the double-header and appeared to fine advantage on the coaching line. He made two splendid efforts to score from second on little hits and landed both times, though Pfenninger did make a mistake and call him out on the first attempt.
 Manuel Was Brilliant.
 Manuel pitched brilliantly throughout.
 The secret of his success lies in the fact that his control was admirable. Often batsmen had three balls and no strikes and then failed to get off. It is a fact that Manuels straight balls were hard to hit yesterday.
 In the first game he gave not more than two clean, simon-pure hits, while In the second game the Travellers were perforce content with a pair. Hundreds Of balls were driven up in sizzling pops, and there was an innumerable bunch or Engnsh rollers to the lnfield.
 Manuel had everything. His "spitter" was behaving exceptionally well. His speed when he used speed was great, an his slow ball was effective.
 Yanceys Great Hit.
 And in addition to pitching superbly and fielding his position well, Manuel hit the ball timely. In the second game he got a couple of bingles out of three trials. and one of these, coming in the sixth inning, scored Henline and Raftis. So Moxie, had more than one run been necessary, would have the satisfaction of having won one of his own games.
 Yancey won the first one beyond all doubt. Milton had very little, 1t is true, but the Barons were not hitting When the sixth rolled around there came an op- portunity Milton was weakening in the hot sun. and he lost his control. He walked three men, and these three were on bases when Yancey came to the bat.
 What Milton Thought. There were two out and Milton was wild He naturally concluded to get the hitter in a hole if possible. taking ad vantage of the general inclination of ball players to let the first one hustle by. But