The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-17
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By JACK BETHEA
Another step upward.

By JACK
 Another step upward.
 SC Those were great games and hard ci fought.
 Three out of four from the Volunteers Is not bad. especially when it is consid- m ei ed that the Vols are playing at Sulphur st Dell
 While Birmingham was winning two ra from Nashville. the Pelicans were hav- no Ing the time of their lives keeping the thAlowly Atlanta Crackers from repeating the dose administered Tuesday. ~ When the darkness finally descended and the game was called the honors were @ evenly divided, each side having pushed T, two tallies across the pan. While We 3, would have appreciated it to a greater sii degree had the Crackers finished their = job and again defeated the Pelicans. How ever small favors are thankfully received = and greater ones in proportion. From the last series the Crackers won two of nc four games from the Pels. glance at - record of the previous games be-
 zen the two teams shows that either
 Pels are going backward or the Crack Hides have strengthened nightly.
 he Peieans are on the road almost
 long as the Barons and if every team
 the northern division does as well rnsainst the Birds as the Crackers did iere will be doings.
 = By winning yesterdays double header s'nhne the Pelicans were standing still ,oofhe Barons this morning are | points hrtearer the coveted position. The team is .,efcur full games behind the Birds. but this does not deter the Barons from fig Ia uring on the pennant. If they maintain ,u tfeir present stride. and there Is every .,.. 1T rdication that they will. the local boys should romp home with the rag. ., Trough pitched the first game against the Vols yesterday He did exceedingly T fell. letting them down with but three II leasley bingles. The elons sat ted boy has fegained his form. He was batted hard Tor two games. but after short rest eame back strong against the Lookou:s lrrermitting just two hits but losing the n 'rame Yesterday he came near repeating the first part of his performance yeicbhere is not hurling staff in tho gue that has anything on the Baronia ueei linen They are developing into few pitchers. Maxwell occasionals. slips rodur a two-hit game, Trough has been
 ilty of the same thing on several oe- N"i sions, while Bill Foxen won fame at cps sckvood by pitching the first game to iis the full nine innings without single geconlf
 t;1eiden ally. Trough was opposed by
 ie Terrible Teddy Bair. Bruin was sadly
 uised when he came out of the en- botlnter
 Roor Billy Smith Poor Lookouts Bat 1.dst of all-poor Lookout fans! The rule locsas illustrated yesterday when Demaree susame back and defeated the Mountaineers cot the tune of S to 5. pemaree was op- tnu6sfd'snys Forrest Nlore who allowed 10 ide;itA. hut fasled R keep them scattered. s' was pecul.arly humiliating that Dem endtee should defeat Chattanooga. Demaree houhs traded to Mobile for Chappelle |. While neither has been setting the league 'e efire by their performances Demaree ha. hl the besy of Chappelle when it comes tc ib beating| his old teammates. Bell cort lp.-Il haf failed to pull it off as yet. h is aeSTurtles put 1t over the Bilikens 2,.5 rday afternoon. The score was t.
 While the grand blow-up that was egafoected of the Billkens has failed to erateria1ize. the tribe of Johnny Dobbs
 not by any means keeping up the pace aofeey set carly in the season.
 Just look at big Bill Foxen. Tuesday ,ody, went up against the Vols and lost.