The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Games Monday

Games Monday
 Bessemer in Rome.
 Selma in Gadsden.
 Huntsville in Anniston.
 Through Williams phenomenal pitching in the first and the PipemalSers' terrific hicting in the second, Bessemer won both games from Rome yesterday. the first te- Ing won to and the second [ to 6. The first was brilliant pitching duel be- tween Williams and Pop" Eyler, while the second was a thrilling exciting slug gipg game between the Romans and Pipemakers.
 The games were played before the largest crowd with the exception of open Ing day. that Bessemer has ever turned out. and the fans were rewarded with two corlxing battles. With Leon Robert son on the mound for the Pipemakers and Lonnie Fancher on the hill for the visi- tors, both teams hit hard in the second.
 Second Was Thriller
 The Romans secured an early lead by ma king three runs in the first session. McClesky landed on first on Bumgardner's error. Evans attempted to sacrifice him and would have been out had not Morgan thrown badly. Boyd hit a fly back of second which John Cochran muffed but caught Evans at second. Then Geyer knocked a fly to center and McClesky sc~red. Griffin doubled to left field and Boyd scored. Then Matthews hit the flying pellet to deep center and Griffin scored.
 In face of these odds, the Pipemakers worked hard to win. In the second one was added when Cochran doubled and scored on Shnn's two bagger, while Bum- gardner made another in the third. on Rsmages punch to center. However Rome tallied again in the fifth and 1t seemed as if Bessemer had lost. But however in the sixth Bumgardner tripled to deep center with Morgan and Forsythc on base. while Morgan's rap in the sev enth with Ramage and Cochran on third and second tied up affairs.
 The Game Is Won
 The Romans failed to score in their half of the eighth, but Bumgardner landed on first in the Pipemakers' half on Wes- sel's error. Fritz Heck laid down a per feet bunt and Bumgardner went to sec ond. Andy Ramage selected one of Fan cher's curves and sent it flying over Gey- CTS head in center field Bob Bumgard- ner tallied and Bessemer won.
 Robertson. who worked for Bessemer, pitched well. He received enough poor support in the first session to take the heart out of preacher. but in spite of this pitched on. He allowed but one base on balls and seemed to have wonderful control, fact that Is pleasing in view of the fact that he is a southpaw. Fan cher was hit freely and in the pinches.
 The Official Score
 The first game was a beautiful one. The Romans could mot hit Williams and lost. Although the twrler allowed six bases on balls he was in magnificent form and deserved to win. Pop" Eyler also pitched well but he could not keep lawn Cochran from landing on the pellet and lost.
 In the second inning lawn hit the ball over left field fence on one of his numerous healthy swats. The other run was scored by Williams in the third ln- ming He singled to center. advanced to second when Heck was walked and scored on Ramage's swat to center field.
 The game was full of features and the crowd enjoyed it immensely In six times at bat Cochran secured five hts-a homer, double and three singles. Bumgardner starred in the field while the whole Bes- semer club starred at the bat Morgan's single tied the score in the second game. while Ramage's swat won it.
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