The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-14
TOM SHARKEY TO
ATTEMPT TO WIN
BACK THE TITLE
"DOC" NEWTON PITCHES WELL
AND SCHwEITZER KNOCKS
DOWN HOME RUN DRIVES.
BARONS BEATEN BY THIS
COMBINATION

doc" Newton, aided and abetted by
schweitzer, trimmed the bold and bat
tie SCARED Barons, to 1. Although
Boyd was in magnificent shape, the
southpaw was too strong in the pinches
for the league leaders. However, two
wonderful catches of long line drives near
left field fence caused the downfall of
the Barons
The only sensational plays of the game,
by Schweitzer, we're effected by the Wis
iting sunfielder. ELAN lined out drive
In the fifth inning which had all the
earmarks of a circuit tour, but the big
fielder ran back and after long fast
sprint, caught the bali in his gloved hand
and robbed ELAN of a circuit tour. Fol-
lowing ELAN, digger smacked one of
Docs" twisters to the same direction
but farther back toward the fence.
schweitzer then perpetrated his second
robbery In the same inning. Both looked
good for home runs.
Barons Were Helpless
The doctor was In 6ne fettle also He
pulled out of many holes by splendid
pitching and his wonderful delivery to
first base. Three Barons were nipped off
of first, while the southpaw had a plen-
tiful supply of twisters when men occu-
pied the bases. Marcan hit a three bag
ger to center in the sixth with one down,
but Messenger and Johnston fell before
his repetoire of deceiving hooks and
twsters.
Boyd worked like a phenom during the
first five innings. Schweitzer's scratch
IL l. fl,A ia on1t a 70 g.
cured off his delivery until the sixth.
However Doc Seabough, the veteran re-
ceiver, nicked the sphere to left for one
bag. Newton struck out, but Dflger let
the last strike get by and Seabough
went to second but Newton was headed
off at first After Netzel had popped
out, Merritt hit vicious roller just be-
tween ELAN and Almeida. ELAN barely
touched 1t but knocked it out of fair
territory and DOC" scored
digger Hits Timely
1t looked as IL the game would rock
along until the finish with the lone score
against the Barons as both twirlers
worked we'll. However in the seventh,
with one out, McGilvray drew a free
pass to first. Mcbride singled over short
and McGilvray was held at second. Ell
lam padded the ozone. but Fred Dilger
smacked one to left field for one bag and
McGilvray made a pilgrimage to the plat
ter. Boyd could do nothing with second
and third populated and the inning came
to an abrupt conclusion.
With the score tied 1t remairad so
very shortly as the Turtles pushed across
another and the winning tally in their
half of the eighth. Kerr hit to right
field and took second when Messenger
over ran it. Then the venerable Doc
Newton hit a high fly to left field and
Kerr scored on the ball.
As beth Me- ilvray's and Messengers
slugging ability was placed at disad-
vantage on account of the portside twirl-
err, the Barons were crippled. 1t hap
pened that when a hit meant run, one
of the two were at bat and, of course
they did not deliver. Schweitzer's, Mer-
ritt's, and Absteins hit were scratches.
Schweitzer's sensational fielding and
Newton's pitching were the lone features
of the battle.
The Turtles last victory in Memphis
was made off Boyd by one score, also