The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-04
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Mobile in Memphis.
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 3.-(Special)
| It was a story in which speed per-
formed in the role of the hero.
| 1t was Messengers speed in going to
| base, and in circling the diamond. 1t
was Messengers speed in returning hard
hit balls. and twas Messengers speed
in fielding. And it was Covaleski's speed
in hurting the pellet over the pan.
It was the Barons' fifth consecutive
victory over the Lookouts. The score
was to 1. The mighty Pole deserved
shutout, and would most assuredly have
got it but for a boble by ELAN and an
other by Emery in the same inning.
Covaleslsi not only flung them across
the platter like a shot from Mandalay,
but in the fifth round he slammed one
of Rhodes benders to deep right center
and circled the bases for a clean home
run before McLaurin, Dobbs, Carson,
Lister and DUSTY" himself could relay
the pellet into the NIT of Meek.
Messenger shares Honors
Messenger shared honors with Cova-
leski and when on a passed ball he
| flashed around third like meteor and
| touched the home plate while Meek was
trottng back to the grand stand, the
inhabitants of this historic spot stood
ON their hind legs and did him honor.
During the engagement the Alabama
whirlwnd beat out three hits to the in
field stole two bases, scored a run,
reached first another time on a bobble
by Perry and did some of the fastest
fielding of hits and some of the niftiest
throwing ever seen in this staid COM
munity.
And Rhodes throughout the engage
ment performed splendidly. He has never
pitched better game than the one this
afternoon. His work was as good as
that some dozen years ago, which caused
his owners to refuse an offer for him
which carried with it $4,000 and Eddie
Reuhlbach.
The game started with some 5000 fans
yelling their heads off. They were after
the hearts blood of the Barons and their
lips thirstedl for revenge.
The First Run
And Marcan was walked. Messenger
then hit one to Rhodes and while that
twirler was fielding the tap the runner
nestled on first. Wordsworth sacrificed,
and when Mcbride went out to the infeld
Marcan crossed the platter.
In the third, with two down, Messenger
tapped gently to second, and then plfered
second Meek then let one of Rhodes
fercest escape, and while he trotted back
a. few feet Messenger scored From sec
ond, on a passed ball, understand, this
whirlwind scored.
| The third run came in the fifth. With
| two down Covaleski laid the weight Of
| his shoulders against the hide, and 1T
| screamed as it flew to right center. IT
looked at first like double. Then the
hope dawned that it might go for three.
And, 10, the big fellow, turning third,
poughing for the plate. In the meantime
the ball was flying like shot from Nc
Laurin to Dobbs, to Carson to Lister to
Rhodes. And just as it landed in the NIT
of HERE Meek, the Pole scored
| Three Basger BY Collins
Chattanooga threatened in the first in
ming. Collins, first up, smashed one herce-
ly to right and like swallow in the au-
| tumn. it passed over the head of Mes
senger. With the former Traveller on
the third corner Birmingham rooters
| trembled But not SO the Pole. Dobbs
made an easy out from Marcan to Nc
Givray Yerkes came within one of
| breaking his back after three wide ones,
and Lister, the great Peter, did likewise.
tators to gasp in amazement.'
This Pole is some twirler after ALL
commented the fans OF Chattanooga.
But the home players scored In the NTH,
md they turned the trick without so
much as a scratch bingle. McLaurin was
safe on Ellam's boot. Meek then smashed
fiercely to Emery, and the chance for a
double was thrown away with the tumble
of that player. But he recovered in plenty
of time to hurl out Meek, travelling on
a wooden leg at the first corner. Nc
Laurin then did the unexpected and pill
fered third. Rhodes then flied to Mes
senger and McIaurin scored, and even
then had Ryan swung to the heave of
Messenger the runner would have gone
dead at the platter
Speed OF the Pole
1t was an exceedingly interesting game
Rhodes was in magnificent form and but
two hits of the Barons went out of the
diamond On the other hand Covaleskl
was moving down the Lookouts as a
lscythe the hay in the fall. The Pole used
speed almost exclusively. With men on
bases little feared he, and but seldom
during the combat did he put twist on
the sphere.
There were several sharp bits of field
ing. With a man on third and another
on first. in the eighth. Emery took foul
of the bat of Yerkes and in doing SO
collided fiercely against the bleachers
| fence.
And in the sixth Perry performed bril-
liant stunt in taking foul from McGil-
vray, when little hit would have put
7 another run across for the Barons. The
errors were few and far between. and