The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27

most too punkerine:
With errors II was bubbling and the slush
was up to knees,
And the vapor from the ball lot was as
odor off of cheese. -Longfellow.
81 hardly know what to do today. l
might try a bullfrog. From what I can
gather, Master Greenback has a better
croak than a splitter" but 1t stands TO
reason that with men on bases he would
not throw the ball to right field in one
inning and in the next as far as possible
into Left. Dobbs lin his BATH.
In one of the weirdest exhibitions of the
national game seen in Birmingham in
many seasons, the Barons defeated the
Lookouts yesterday afternoon. to 8.
Covaleski was pitted against Eddie
Siever and that which gave spectators
most interest was the personal conflict
between the fingers in their endeavor to
exceed each other in generosity.
In addition to 10 juicy swats the visit
crs managed to plant six teamsters on
sacks as result of bases on balls. And
furthermore the hefty Pole pinked one of
the Dobbtes on the breastplate. With all
that-and the Bafons made several err
rors to boot-the pride of Magnate An
drews was able to circle the bases but
thrice.
And in the meanwhile Siever was doing
his full duty to his country. He did not
yield as many hits as Covaleski, but
they were longer, for most bases and
came at more critical moments. In addi-
ton he issued transportation to quar-
ct and struck two with the pellet. And
he went even further in his efforts to
furnish amusement On two occasions he
tossed the ball into distant corners of the
to wend their way homeward or any
where else they chose.
1t was a weird exhibition. In the time
it consumed one could have made jour
ney into Tennessee, taken on few cold
ones with friend, bought house and
lot, signed a deed and made a trip or two
to Lookout or Chickamauga park. 1t was
about as funny as fitting leggins on
canaries.
The Pole in Trouble
Covaleski had absolutely nothing and
few runs the visitors made. In every in
ming save one he was in serious trouble.
The bases were always flied 10 over
flowing. At no time of the game could
one look over the field and not be con-
fronted with Lookouts on bags. In the
first inning a base on balls, a hit and
stolen base got men to third and second
with one out. In the second a hit and
two stolen bases caused local fans to
tremble. In the third the first two up
singled, and though in this inning, on
third scratch single, the Lookouts got
one over. had Emery been able to field
Perry's sharply hit bounder no foot
would have tempered with the platter. In
the fourth Covaleski gave three bases
on balls, but no one scored The fifth was
opened with two singles but no runs re-
suited In the sixth the first man up
walked and the second was hit with the
ball. In the seventh the Pole broke his
record, and put them down in order. In
the eighth there was a walk and a sin
gle. In the ninth there was a long sin
gle, an error and short single and an
other error. In this round the visitors
got couple of runs.
Bnrons Out of Breath
In the meantime the Barons were not
idle. Marcan opened the first with
double to center and was sacrificed to
third. Carson then attempted to catch
him on third and Mcmahon let the ball
glide into left. Then was born the first
Baron run. Mcbride walked and stole.