The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Barons Clean Up Montgomery nn5 F v ss..s
COLUMN OF BOOSTS

year to year for countless generations, is
a peculiar proposition.
Montgomery opened the season in Bfr-
n.:ngham The Barons have just walloped
the teams of the major leagues which
Cured to put their faces within the sacred
Enclosure of West End park The fans,
therefore, have little fear of Montgomery,
and are not prepared for the two sue
cessive drubbings administered at the
hands of the Climbers.
Then Birmingham visits Montgomery.
The fans of the Capital City, remembers
ing how the Climbers defeated the Bar
ons on their home grounds, permit their
mouths to water with glorious expecta-
tons.
But the Barons, in successive days, scale
the heights of Capitol park and sweep all
headlong before them. And thus 1t goes
foIevermore. 4sf tsss
Wagner pitched superb game.
In the pinches he was as hard to find
as HALEY s comet early in the mornings.
He was as steady as a clock when con-
srol is considered, and everything the
Cllmbers got they fought for. He gave
them rothing.
He yielded but Jew hits, and only one,
ci these came in an inopportune moment.
Frank Smith, the University of Ala
bama star, who faced the Barons when
Kan. Rah!' JUL was driven from the
slab in despair, did exceptionally well
considering 1t was lis first appearance
IN last company. The Barons managed
{" get bat two hits, and but for the fact
lhat che of these was three-bagger
by Molesworth, first up in the ninth, it
Is probable that no runs would have
been made off him. He may not stick In
the Southern league. but he's a pretty
good finger at that.
The Rarons and the sleepers are now
reoK and neck
Each aggregation has won two games.
The harons are exceedingly anxious to
continue their course of glory, success and
achievement. The Sleepers, having suf-
rereG four successive reverses Immediately
after winning four successive games are
exceedingly anxious to retrieve their
losses. Therefore the engagements of to-
morrow and Tuesday should be, and prob
ably will be, terrific and bloody.
Chattanooga established a record for
run-getting in single inning yesterday
which will probably endure for the re-
nnnder of the season.
The lookouts led Nashville until the
nineh. to /. In the ninth, however.
Nashville tied the score. In the tenth
Nashville had fine opportunity but
could not land. In the twelfta the Look
outs piled up nine runs.
Holy smoke! Enough for an entire
week.
Atlanta proved exceedingly easy for
Memphis. Had the Crackers done their
lull duty they would have trimmed the
Iurtles, and thereby permitted the Bar
ors to assume the lead in the pennant
race. But that honor is deferred to a
happy hour this week.
Poor old Mobile received a series of aw-
full jolts at the hands of the New Or
leans Pelicans yesterday afternoon SO
regularly during the past few days have
the Reed Birds encountered defeat thatY
the fans are wild with regret and alarmA
Yesterday afternoon they took their spitet
out or Fitzsimmons. Poor old Fitz
"Bu. whenS' says Van Loan, we'll
known baseball expert, have you heard
of an umpire killed? Why, I have never
heard Of one even dead" H. w. r.