The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-02
AMATEUR GAMES.

AMATEUR GAMES.
 Alabama City May 1.-(Speclal)- Blountsville [. Dwight 4.
 Batteries; Smith and South; Adams and Riddle.
 Goodwater, May 1.-(Special.) 1.-The Methodist Baseball club defeated the Bap- tist Baraca class in a close game, the score being 2 to 1 in favor of the Method ists.
 Batteries: sellars and Baker; Riddle and Fornby.
 Bessemer, May 1.-(special.)- 1.-The T. c. l. Engineers Party No. defeated Party No. in a closely played contest on the Bessemer grounds today. The features of the game were the pitching of Nell and Brick
 Score by innings: R. H. E. No. 4 ..................... 200 002 02l-7 2 No. .......''. ..'.'.. VV soV 1o2-o : Batteries: Neill and Stilman; Elrick and Snider.
 Woodward, May 1.--(Special.) )-The City league season opened here today with the Decatur Car Wheel works and the oppos- ing team.
 The ground being in a bad condition caused several errors by both teams, the ones made by Woodward being the most costly. Both have strong teams, only needing a little practice.
 The feature of the game was the pitch ing of Reid for Woodward striking out 10 men. Score: 2 R. H. E. Decatur Car Wheel ................12 4 Woodward ......-.................. 8 Batteries Baldorf and Hicks; Reid and Farrow.
 Coalmont, May 1.-(Special )-Coalmont defeated Gurnee today by the score of 10 to 8. The feature of the game was the pitching of Dr. Malaby for Coalmont. He struck out 19 men.
 Batteries: Malaby and Belcher; Arnold and Arnold
 Coleanor, May 1.-(Special)- de- feated Belle Ellen today by the score of 5 to 2. The features of the game were the battery work of Battles and Ellis and Gardner's line drive catch on third
 Batteries: Battles and Ellis; Lillich and Lillich.
 The Newsboys defeated the Woodlawn boys team in a fast and interesting game ny the close score of 9 to l. The features of the game were the pitching of Waston and the hitting of McFarln.
 Batteries; Waston and McFarlin; {; bfOWn anu NOre.
 Fifth Avenue Drug Store defeated Twenty-seventh Street Baptist church by the score of IS to 12. Batteries: Baton and Lavender; Newman and Johnson.
 East Birmingham defeated Fairview by the score of to 3. East Birmingham got Il hits and Fairview B. Batteries: Askew and Browning; Fancher and FL more. This is the seventh game East Birmingham has played, and all of them were won.
 Wauhouma defeated West Woodlawn yesterday in an exciting game. The hit ting of Joe Jones of Wauhouma was the feature of the game. Score: Wauhouma 5. West Woodlawn 4. Batteries: Fowler and Carter; Riddle and Swope.
 Kissell Pharmacy defeated North Haven city ball team by the score of 6 to 4 Henry struck out 15 of the North Haven batters. Batteries: Kissell Pharmacy. Henry and Brown; North Haven, Flank ner and Gross.
 The Avondale Mills team defeated the Frisco team at Avondale Mills by the score of to 3. Batteres Frisco, Strick- land and Jordan; Avondale.. Hudson and Brandon. The game was we'll played re- gardless of the cold weather.
 Avondale defeated Ensley yesterday in an interesting game after the first inning. when Barnes settled down and Ensley could not do anything with him. Ensley scored two runs in the sixth, but they came on wild throws The feature of the game was the home run by Roberts in the eighth with Brent on second. Score:
 s@R. H. E. Avondale ............... 010 BIO 150-11 12 Ensley ................. 400 002 0O0- Q 5. Batteries: Barnes and Barnes; Marshal and Jones.
 The St. Paul's church of Graymont de- feated Fairview by the score of ' to D. Batteries: l.. Stewart and Davis; Carson and Roy. The features of the game were the pitching of Stewart, who struck out 12 men, and the batting of Davis.
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