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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-19

Charles Comiskey, owner of the White sox of Chicago, has released Jimmy Johnson to Birmingham.
 He wired yesterday morning that the player would reach Birmin gham to- night. Johnson Is in perfect condition and will be in the game tomorrow aft ernoon.
 He will be played at second base. Marcan will be switched to shortstop.
 Johnson is an outfielder and an in- fielder, good in either position, 1t is said. and can smack the ball hard Last season he played with ottumwa in the Central association, where Phelar played He was at second base in T games and in centerfield in 20. Hi fielding record at second was .93O which Is not any too good. His hit ting average was 1901, his hits, includ
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EDITED BY HUGH ". ROBERTS

was coming. He has been shamed so
 much In this respect that he doesn't | even grin. But at that he Is some ball 1 player. If he could hit he wouldn't be
 around
 Jordan and Corbin slipped behind Elliott
 in the early part of the game to see
 what Trough was using. Both needed as-
 sistance but they hardly got it before
 the umpire chased them away.
 In the fifth, Umpire Byron called Wat son out and then called him safe. He evidently thought little change would
 do him good.
 At that the Barons should have scored Tour or five runs
 rom Fisher was seen on the coaching
 me. Tom is popular in Birmingham and everywhere else. If all ball players
 were like hinl-but what'sP the use.
 and the team won. He says he will try 1 it again today.
 Fisher or Foxen will work today. At any rate, there will be two ..F" on the hill for F1eharty will work for Bir- mingham. The hefty major feels like he can bring the bacon home as his con- dition is perfect now. Whenever a pitcher kicks on Byron's decisions he gently motions to the place over which the ball passed. When the pitcher shakes his head Byron motions again and shakes his head. As has been recorded before Byron is the politest um- pire who ever made 8 bad decision. There are few faster men in the Southern league than Prough-quite a few. Marcan had hard luck opening the game. He hit one a mile a minute to iO'Dell That gentleman slapped it over to Walker. They got Marcan by a nose Catcher Miller is the only Atlanta player who witnessed the opening of Redwood Field. He was with Mont gomery then and will tell the curious of the fearful fight between Bob Messenger and Covaleski when the umpire ruled that Messenger had dropped the ball off the bat of Pratt which he caught in the crowd. It Is said that Messenger, had he been let alone, would have made sausage of the big Pole. The sausage would have been of the ordinary variety after all.
 The days are hot enough for good base ball or for anything else. Jimmy Johnson will reach Birmingham tonight. He will play second. Marcan will go to short. Johnson is great hitter and does not include among his valuable assets the fact that his brother is Doe Johnson.
 New Orleans makes six errors and de- feats Chattanooga. The Plutocrats seem up against it for some cause.
 Derril Pratts sensational work was the feature of the Montgomery game, but singlehanded he couldn't defeat even Nashville.
 Memphis was hard for Birmingham be- cause Birminghams pitchers didn't pitch. They didn't win from Campbell, however, and Mobile made as many runs as Birl mingham.
 Manager Jordan is expecting a visit from President Heisman. Pitcher Frock will chaperone the president.
 Heisman may inquire while in Birming- ham into the mystery of how his re- quests for waivers leak out here. They all don't, ''Hels.''
 Hit 'em once more. It won't hurt.
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JOHNSON IS COMING

ing eight triples and seven home runs, totaling TOT. He scored 50 runs and stole 46 bases
 Johnson Is young and aggressive. He wants to go high in his profession. He is southern born. He is a brother of Doe Johnson, the New Orleans first sacker.
 Comiskey did not use Johnson in the outfield, but tried him out at second. Comiskey says he is most promising ball player and recommends him stronger than he does Bob Messenger. At any rate, the Barons are fortunate in getting him. George Yantz, who has done faithful and splendid work al shortstop, will take his turn behind
 the plate after tomorrow. And "Rowdy'
 Elliott will be accorded much needed rest
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o'DAY ON HITS

Philadelphia, May 1S.-Hank O'Day, veteran National league umpire. yester- day declared that the heavy hitting in the big leagues is not due to the new cork center ball, but is directly due to the poor work of the pitchers When shown the dispatch from Chicago, saying the new ball would be modified to make 1t deader, he said:
 What is it they want Before the cry was against pitchers battles; now there is too much hitting. The fault lies en- tirely with the pitchers. I don't remem- Der in many years of experience a period when the pitchers were so much off as they are this year.
 The ball has nothing at all to do with it. The ball is all right
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WANTS MINERS TO
 PAY THEIR TRIBUTE

Indiana polls. Ind, May 18.-President John P. White of the United Mine Workers of America has Issued a proc lamation calling on the 300,00 miners of the country to pay especial tribute on Memorial Day to the memory of dead miners. He asked that the mem bers join with the Grand Army of the Republic in general celebrations and that the graves of persons who met death in mine accidents be decorated
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ters, but good pitching, nevertheless, will prevail.
 l Put hurler on the dump and the Barons will win seven out of every ten. Trough had the goods yesterday. Jordan, said by thes experts, to be the best second baseman in the league, took off his hat yesterday to Marcan, said by the fans to be the best. Mar can bed the Atlanta manager of a hit which would have tied the score. Elliott used judgment in the seventr when he made Trough walk Miller. It's foolish to monkey with a hitter when an uncertain quantity follows. And Miller Is not the best base runner in the world.
 But in the ninth when Miller was up there was nothing for Trough to do but strike him out. He did that very cleverly.
 When Jordan exhausts all natural re- sources in his effort to win he en- deavors to rattle the pitcher by gym nastics on the coaching line. And a. strange thing about it all Is that no umpire objects. But let "Rowdy'' El- liott express himself on the coaching line and he is chased right now.
 The Barons took two foolish chances to score and lost out on both. Trough with his marvellous lack of speed. should have been held at third follow ing Molesworth's single to center. There was hardly chance for McGilvray to score In the sixth on Eliott's short fly to Jordan.
 Strangs it is when that the Barons make few runs behind good pitching and a thousand when. the pitching Is bad
 The reason Elliott walked Miller in the seventh was due to memory. In one game last season he got just two home runs on F1eharty.
 Speaking of rattling pitcher-this Trough was so cool during the bully ragging of Jordan that icyc1es grew spontaneously from the grandstand.
 JordaP expects his Frock at any time. Gro. the printers-let the capital 'sFe' remain. It's joke)
 Zimmerman runs like race horse with his body forward. He got one of those five bases we said he would steal on Elliott this season the first crack out of the box.
 But three of the Cracker hits went to the outfield, two by O'Dell, who looks like real .275 hitter and the other by Zimmerman.
 Johns had the Indian sign on Yantz. The shortstop generally watched the good ones go by without an effort to swat. Perhaps he knew that one run would be enough.
 In the ninth time was called for Foxen to put on his shoes. And he didn't hit the ball any further than Walker might have done.
 The big fellow, however, knocked down several swats that would otherwise have e&he for hits.
 "Scotty" Walker didn't move from his seat when his time to hit rolled around in the ninth. He evidently knew what
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Gadsden Outplays Models

Anniston, May 1s.-(Special.) l.)-Anniston' 8 Models were outplayed at every stage of the game Thursday afternoon and they dropped the first of the Anniston-Gadsden series to the visitors by score of to 2.
 Manager Ford got poor support and An niston's errors were chiefly responsible for the loss of the game. Barring one dropped ball, Brown, however, caught a magnificent game, figuring in seven as sists, most of which were exceedingly Lhard Score.
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Games Today Atlanta at Birmingham. Memphis at Mobile. Nashville at Montgomery. Chattanooga at New Orleans.

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 The Barons. with Trough on the hill were too strong for the Crackers yester' day afternoon. The score was l to 0. 1 Opposed to the big Baron was Harold Johns, and the portwheeler was exceed ingly steady in the pinohes. Otherwise the Barons would have scored many runs In two innings they punched hits, three in each, and in the sixth Phelan got over on Barr's perfect bunt. The Cracker in- field thereupon, went into the air, and McGilyray and Barr stole third and sec ond. while the guardians of those bags were around the scoring pot. But on El- liott's pop fly to Jordan McGilvray at tempted to pull off the unexpected and paid the forfeit.
 In addition to the pitching of Trough, the generalship of Elliott, and the clever fielding of Jordan. Marcan's work stands out prominently in the feature column. In the eighth he robbed Jordan of hit over second. and by. a perfect peg saved the game. Zimmerman, previously, had sin gled and stolen, and as there were al- ready two outs, he was headed for home when Jordan hit the ball. It was a won- 6erful play, and Jordan, transfixed at first, stood amazed and paid his rival the tribute of silent admiration.
 It looked blue for the Crackers in the third. Elliott opened with hit to cen ter and Prough's bunt was too perfect to be handled. But Marcan gummed the game by bunting to Johns, who shot Ell liott at third. Molesworth then clipped one to center, and Trough, travelling like hearse, was nipped at the plate. Phelan struck out.
 In the sixth Phelan singled to right center and Mcbride sacrificed him to sec ond. McGilvray singled past second, 'al- though Jordans fine work prevented a score. Barr then bunted In front of the plate, and Phelan scored. McGilvray ad- vanced to third and Barr to second, when the Crackers forgot that a game was in progress, but Elliott's fly was just to the rear of first and McGilvray, in addi- tion, was killed at the plate.
 O'Dell gave the Crackers hope in the seventh by singling to center. He stole and went to third on an out of Sykes. Mill Ter was permitted to walk, and he im- mediately fell into Elliott's trap. He start ed for second and ODell was feathered at the plate. Watson then whiffed at three teasing drops.
 Tn the eighth, after Walker and Johns had famed, Zimmerman singled and stole. Jordan hit over second and Mar can robbed him in a sensational manner.
 In the ninth after Corbin had popped out to McGilvray, O'Dell singled and Sykes beat out punch to Yantz. Miller, the swatter, was up. But as the shouts of Jordan were most boisterous, Miller famed.
 Watson received the ball on the fifth rib, and with the bases full Jordan or dered Foxen to the bat. He went out to MoGilyray
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GULLS DEFEAT
 MEMPHIS EASILY

Mobile, May 1S.-The league leading Memphis team piled up five errors this afternoon in their opening game of the series with Mobile, which mixed with timely hitting of the Gulls won an to 2 victory for the locals. Campbell was never in trouble in but one inning, the second. when three hits, one of them a double natted two runs. Score:
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Father McGilI Dies

Philadelphia, May 1s.-The Very Rev. James McGill. C. M, aged S4, one of the most widely known Roman Cath ollie priests in the United States, died at St. Vincent's seminary today. He was former provincial of the congregation of the mission in the eastern province of the Vincentian order In the United States. This office is only second to that of "Father-general of the order,'' who resides in Paris.
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Elliott in Serious Condition

Philadelphia, May 1S.-The condition of Frank S. Elliott, vice president of the Philadelphia Nationals, who was stricken with cerebral hemorrhage at the game on the local grounds yesterday, is crit ical today and fears for his recovery are entertained
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Selma Wins Opener

Selma, May -(Special.-Selma won the opening game from Huntsville with ease today by the score of to g. Hunts vile made their runs in the second and fifth innings. In the second Wilson hit to right for three bases and scored on Angemier's hit to left. In the fifth the second run on base on balls, sacri- fee and two errors. Beggins made the first run for Selma in the first on a two-base hit and an error In the fifth Selma made five runs on six hits, a passed ball, steal and an error. Score |:
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SOUTHEASTERN
STANDING
Decatur Wins Second

Decatur, May s.-(Special )-De- catur took the second game from Rome this afternoon by punching hits and stacking up six runs in the seventh. knockink Collier all over the field. Hurts, pitching for Decatur, and the playing or McDuff, Menges, Pfeiffer and Gilmore were the features of the game Decatur made six errors, but it was not on err TOTS but on hard hitting that the game
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Mi.. C.mpbell Wins

Port Rush, Ireland, May 1s.-Miss Dor otbv Campbell won her match in the ro,,rth round of the British woman golf cbampionship today in brilliant style, neat,nr Mrs. c. M. Martin of the Tav- tstock club, up and 5 to play. This leaves the American champion among the eight who will light out the flfth round.
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PELICANS WIN
 IN THE NINTH

New Orleans, May 1S.-New Orleans won the opening game from Chattanooga 6 to 5. The visitors tied the score In the first half of the ninth and Johnston's triple brought in the winning run for New Orleans in the second half. Errors by Lindsay were instrumental in giving the visitors four runs in the last inning. Cal lahan hit home run over the rightfield
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VOLS DEFEAT
 THE BILLIKENS

Montgomery. May 1s.-Weakness on the part of Thomas. allowing two runs in the first, one in the second and four in the fourth, lost the game to Nashville this afternoon. Bair was wild in the first inning and Montgomery made four runs. After that he steadied and pitched fault less ball. Pratts fielding at second, the most sensational ever seen here, was the feature of the game Score:
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Lester to Meet Lang

Sydney, Australia, May 1S.-Jack Les ter. the Cleelum, Wash, heavyweight, and Bill Lang, the Australian pugilist, were matched today for a return fight to be staged June 3. In their bout hast Saturday Lester was disqualified for go- Ing to his knees without being hit.
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MANUsH REPORTS

New Orleans. May 1s.-Frank Manush, recently released to New Orleans by the New York Nation- als, reported to Manager Frank today. As soon as Manush signs a contract he will be placed on third, Knapp will be switched to short and Lindsay probably will be sent to the Cleveland Ameri- cans.
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First Georgia Peaches

Macon, Ga. May 1s.-The first car of
 peaches from the Georgia fruit belt will probably be shipped today from the Mar ahallville section The regular move ment of the peach yield Is not expected to begin before May 24.
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s.Dead" Men Are Alive

winnipeg, Manitoba, May 1s.-Five men who were thought to have been burned to death in fire which last night de- stroyed the Central garage causing a loss of $soo.ooo were found uninjured to- day.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 1. San Antonio Q At Dallas: Dallas I. Houston 8. At Waco. Waco 8, Austin 0. | At Oklahoma City; Oklahoma City [. Galveston 6,
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American Association
STANDING
Results

At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 1. Kan sas City G.
 At Toledo: Toledo 3. Milwaukee 1. At Columbus: Columbus 5, Minneapo- lis 8.
 At Louisville: Louisville 4, St. Paul 10.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Dodgers Defeat Reds

Brooklyn, May 1s.-Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati today to 1, Burch driving in both Brooklyns runs with single. Scanlon pitched great game until the eighth when with the bases full and two out he protested a decision on a ball and was removed. Fucker relieved him and blanked the visitors. Score:
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summary: Two-base hits Brown. Three
 base hit. Webb. Sacrifice hits, Poole,
 Wasem, Ford. Stolen bases, Long, Carter
 Brown. Hit by pitcher Gilboe. Double plays, Patterson to Hunter; Brouthers to
 Hicks to Hunter. Time, two hours. Um- pire, Wood.
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Memphis -............. O2O 000 0OO-2 MODlle s.uzl plV o1F-c
 Summary: Two-base hits, Courtney, Bayless Double plays, Fox to Smith to Swacina, Crandall to East to Court ney. First on balls, Campbell ?, Dick son l. Struck out, Campbell 4, Dick son 4. Wild pitch, Dickson. Passed ball, Cadman. Sacrifice hits Seitz, Fox 3, Altman, Crandall. Umpire, Fitzsimmons. Time, 1:50.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Maps Win on Errors

feated Washington 8 to 6. Hughes was not to blame for the large score rolled up by Cleveland as he was very badly supported in the field, errors being re- sponsible for eight of Clevelands runs West was hit in the face by McBrides S line drive and forced to retire Kaler was hit hard and quit in the eighth. olsons home run with the bases full was a fea- ture Score: R.HE, Cleveland .............. 200 GOT 00*-9 10 2 Washington ........... 600 101 040-6 15 6
 Batteries: West, Kaler, Banding and Fisher; Hughes and Ainsmith. Time, 2:15 Empires Perrine and Sheridan
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Summary: Two-base hits, Crow, Menges, Cook. Reed 2, Justus 2. Three base hit, Menges. Home run, Erikson. Double play, McDuff to Crow to Cook. Stolen bases, Justus, Holt, Griffin, Menges, Keeling 2, McDuff Pfeiffer 2. Time, 2:02. Umpire, Duvaney.
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SummaTy. IWO-DHse TIIts, 11dF Ttte, CdT . michael, Butcher. Three-base hits, John ston ?, Butcher. Home runs, Callahan. Stolen bases, Moran, Knaupp. Sacrifice hits, Lister, Knaupp, Doane. Struck out, Hess 5, Carmichael 10. Bases on balls, Hess 2, Carmichael 3. Time, 1.50. Empires, Carpenter and Pfenninger
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Summary: Innings pitched, Thomas 1-3 with hits; Lelivelt 2-3 with 8 hits. Home runs, Graham. Three-base hits, Schwartz, Pratt. Two-base hit, Bay. Dou- ble play, Pratt to Graham. Bases on balls, Thomas ?, Bair 1. Lelivelt l. Struck out, Bair 3, Lelivelt 1. Sacrifice hits, Ora ham, Elwert. Stolen bases, Wiseman. El- vert, Smith. Time, 200. Umpires' Hart and Cauliflower.
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SPORTING NEWS
 AND LIVE GOSSIP FROM EVERYWHERE

If In a baseball players composition there is one particle of yellow" the sknocking'' Of the bleacherites will bring that saffron streak into lasting promi- hence.
 Frank Gygli was a good baseball player until the "knockers'' got busy. Then he wilted like morning glory in the mid day sun. When Birmingham discarded him. on account of the form that he had previously displayed. Memphis annexed him to the Turtle clan.
 But, from the Birmingham 'knockers," !" the Memphis 'knockers" had got the deadly cue. Gygli was done for.
 Down in New Orleans at the present time. the s1knockers" are concentrating their fire against 'Doc' Johnson.
 Johnson may be "yellow'' and he may not be. But time will tell, and time will either verify or refute the statements made in the Eastern league last spring to the effect that the New Orleans first sacker could not stand the gaff.
 New Orleans is adopting & novel reIne- dy-and an ineffective one. The authori- ties are sheratening- in one case
 
 torious ssknockers" from the stands
 From this angle, such policy seems unwIse. At any rate. Johnson continues to show bad form.
 Only twice, to our personal knowledge, have ball players mastered the Knock ers'' who, after forming a combination or a satanic agreement, went to work to ..get'' their man.
 The first was Roy Ellam. When the youngster first reached Birmingham from the .big woods'' he was so green that his over anxiety or ltra-neryousness forced him to make errors on chances which now he can handle with no percep- tible effort. The all wise Knockers conceived the strange idea that the youngster.4 could never do as a regular Baron and having agreed to "get" him, sat upon the bleachers at West End for the purpose of securing a direct angle from which to shoot their venom. The l
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"Big Six" Defeated

New York, May 1S.-Pittsburg nit Mathewson freely today and with Adams pitching steady ball and the home club folding poorly, won from New York to | Three singles and a double off the Giants premier twirler in the seventh inning forced his retirement score; p,+..h,rg 600 POI 30-6 10 l r,a'., va-,, 100 600 000-1 5
 pa+taries. Adams and Gibson; Mathew Nfarouard. Raymond and Myers. T,rne 1:5o. Umpires. Johnstone and Easen.
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White Sox Defeat Boston

Chicago, May 18.-Chicago defeated Bos-
 ton today in the first game of the series F to 8. White and Scott were hit hard and had to retire in favor of Walsh, while Hall had to relieve Killillay. The visi- tors took the lead but were soon tied
 Chicago forged ahead in the fifth on a base on balls, four singles and triple. A base on balls and six hits tied the score again when the locals had to use three pitchers in the inning. Chicago then took the lead and was never headed. Score: RH.E. Chicago ................ GOO 252 21*-12 15 o Boston .................. no O05 01O- 15 2
 Batteries: White, Scott Walsh and Sul- livan; Killillay, Hall and Nunamaker. Time, 2:20. Empires, Connolly and Egan.
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Batteries: Gaspar, McQuillen and Mc- Lean; Clark, Scanlon, Fucker and Ber- gen.. Time. 1:4o. Empires, Finneran and Rigler.
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Moore Hit By Cubs

Philadelphia, May 1s.-Chicago defeat ed the home team today Ii to 2. The vis- itors hit the deliveries of Moore and Schultz hard, while Brown was very ef- fectiye. Tn the eighth inning Doolan, Knabe and Magee were ordered off the field by Umpire Doyle for objecting to decisions. After the game crowd of about 1000 persons made rush Tor Doyle, but he was protected by the police and quickly escaped to his dressing room. score. R.H.E. Chicapo 200 211 023-11 13 1 Philadelphia ........... O0O O0l lVo-2 l
 Batteries: Brown and Archer; Moore, Schultz and Dooin. Time, 2:15. Umpires, Klem and Doyle.
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Sacrifice Hits-Zimmerman, Mcbride. Stolen Bases-Zimmerman, ODell, Miller, McGilvray 2. Barr.
 Struck Out-Prough 6, Johns 5. Bases on Balls-Johns 8, Trough B. Hit by Pitched Balls--Prough (Wat- son).
 Double Play-Jordan to Miller. Time of Game-1:50 Umpire-Byron.
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GOSSIP OF THE FRACAS

The rubber ball might help the hit ters, but good pitching, nevertheless, will prevail.
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Huntsville ............ 010 O10 000-2 Selma ............ 100 050 000--6 Summary: Three-base hits, Cranda1l and Wilson. Two-base hits Horn, Beg
 gins Struck out. Wiley 8, Jeter 4. Base on balls, Wiley ?, Jeter 4. Sacrifice hits, Schmitz Stolen bases, Horn, Beggins
 Passed ball, Horn. Umpire, Alexander.
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Yankees Win on Bunched Hits

St. Louis, May 1S.-New York won the opening game of the series with the locals by punching hits in the seventh inning Score to l. Score: RHE New York ............. GOO O01 200-3 2 St. Louis .............. GOO 100 O00-1 g 4 Batteries: Caldwell, Quinn and Blair Powell and Stephens. Time, 1:57. Umpires Evans and Mullen.