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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-25
SPORTS
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1 hits m that year, led his league in run scoring with 113 and also was the cir cult leader in stolen bases with 6s. In 1917 Coob came back with a clubbing av- craze of 1883, which led both leagues. l amassed a splendid total of 225 hits, led his rivals in stolen bases with 55, and was second in run scoring. Oh, yes, Cobb slowed up'' in 1915, 1916 and 1917
 The wonderful brain of. Cobb, as. great an asset as his batting power and his speedy legs, certainly has shown no signs of slowing up. While the Tigers were playing the Yankees in New York short time ago, the Georgia executed a trick that is just another evidence Of his superb thinking powers.
 Cobb was on second, Bobby Veach cn first and Oscar Witt at bat Witt poled one at Ping" Bodie in the Yankee out field, and, Ping lost it in the sunlight So Coob scooted for third rounded it, started to race for home and then. of d sudden, slowed up He merely logged along waiting for Veach to catch up to him. Veach finally did and then the two Tigers hoofed it for home plate less than a stride apart.
 The spectators were mystified by Cobb's action of risking being put out at the plate by throw from Bodie when 1t was obvious that if he hadn't slowed up he could have scored easily. But there's where the Cobb strategy came m. He was anxious to have Veach score with him on that play and there was only one way it could be accomplished-to trick and confuse Truck Hannah, the Yam kee catcher.
 Bodies throw reached Hanna about hundredth of a second after Cobb had hopped over the plate. But Hannah made stab at him just the same-a wild, fu- tile stao. Then Hannah whirled around to tag Neach-but too late Veach had touched the plate fraction of second earlier
 If Cobb had raced along home he would have been over the bag long before the throw reached Hannah. And then Ham nah would have been called upon to make the play only for Veach. He surely would have tagged him out. But Cobb, by the use of his keen brain, tricked Hanna into making d usuless play for him. so as to give Veach the extra sec ond needed to reach the plate in safety.
 It was dazzling bit of inside work py Cobb one of the hundred and one tricks he has pulled which will make his name ever synonymous with superb brainy- ness on a ball field.
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Barons Lose Close One to Vols
Corbett's s Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. coRBEIsr.

1 Some folks insist that at last Ty Cobb | is slowing up. It's the same crowd that 1 said the very same thing back in 1911 and has been repeating it every season I since then. Some day they will be right about it; sometime, as age creeps on the mighty Georgian will travel no more at the terrific clip that has made him world famous as baseball player. But 1 it is unlikely that 1918 will include that some day.
 Cobb just now is batting somewhat be- low his normal mark-but that is but natural for Cobb in the springtime The batting terror has been starting rather slowly during the past few seasons, pid- ing his time until all the chill is gone from the air and it is warm enough to banish the danger of charley horse'- and then Tyrus Raymond cuts loose Tn the old dfashioned way.
 Cobb is nearing his thirty-second birth day now and is somewhat bulkier than in the days when he first flashed into view along the American league .hori- zon. Perhaps he cannot move with all the speed of yore, but he has gained ill experience through the years, and that
 
 poundage. Cobb knows the weakness and the strength of every catcher every pitcher and every player i'll the circuit and he uses that knowledge to aid him in racing around the sack with the home plate as his goal.
 AS to hitting-Well, this is how Ty ex- plaincd 1t sometime ago:
 Tn my earlier days I never gave much thought to placing hits. I'd just step up and bang them, trusting that could pole them to safe territory in the outfield CT beat the ball in the race to first if I smashed it at an infielder. But now I'm doing it little different. I've come to the realization that it's time to conserve some energy, and so I've been schooling myself in the knack ot hitting 'em where they ainit.'
 And Cobb is doing just that-placing his hits with beautiful accuracy.
 Those who feel that Cobb shows signs of slipping perhaps will encounter the same surprise in October of 1918 as they did in 1915, 1916 and 1917. In those years they insisted-as they do now-that Cobb was going back; that the brilliance ot the brightest star that baseball has seen for more than a decade is fading. But how grave was their error in prophecy!
 Cobb cracked out 208 hits in 1915 and batted .370, which gave him the highest major league average for the year. Also he stole 9S sacks, which is the greatest number of pliers by any big leaguer in more than 20 years, and scored IA runs. In 1916 Cobb was forced to surrender the batting crown to Iris Speaker, even though he hit for .371. But he made 2Ol
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NINTH INNING
International League

At Syracuse: Syracuse 4, Bingham ton T.
 At Rochester: Rochester 4. Ralti- more 6.
 At Buffalo: Buffalo 5, Newark f. (10 inn!nss).
 At Toronto: Toronto 6. Jersey City 5. Morning game).
 At Toronto: Toronto g. Jersey City i. (Afternoon gane).
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Three-baSe hlt-hnlSeIy.
 Stolen bases-Bernsen, Jansen, Black, Knisely.
 Double play-Ellam to Baker. Sacrifice hits-Duncan, Baker, Hoyt. Base on balls-Off Glazner 2, off Swig- Ter 2, off Heinrich l.
 Left on bases-Nashville 5, Birming- ham 6.
 Hits-Off Hoyt, in 2 innings; off Swigler, in 3 innings; off Helfrich, in innings.
 Struck out-By Glazner 2, by Swigler 2, by Helfrich 2
 Passed ball-Marshall.
 Time of game-Two hours. Umpires-Robertson and Carpenter.
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SPORTS EDITED BY R. P. MDAvID. JR.
Vols Bunch Hits i1 First
 Two Frames and Win Second
Hoyt and AItenberg Preciptate NearRot When Former Uses "Bean BaII'-Barons Make Game Up-Hl
 Fight But Fall Short

thrilling contest with scnlang ashng drves con- wangng the Barons lost hard yesterday afternoon by the of to g. The offerings the first frames and tailed
 Whtey settled remainder of the allowing
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CRACKERS FINALLY
 WIN A BALL CAME Cranes Hitting Helps Tail enders Take Second
 From 'Noogans

Atlanta, May 24-Atlanta broke it's losing streak today by whining the sec- ond game of the series from Chatta- noga, to 1. Cranes three-base hit drove in the tying run. A moment later Crane scored the winning run on an error. The pitching of Merritt and Hoff- man featured Score.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Browns Continue Spurt

Philadelphia, May 24.-St. Louis length .ened its winning streak to six straight today, by knocking Myers out of the box and beating Philadelphia to 3. Adams checked the hitting, but after pitching four hitless innings was bumped hard in the last two. Brilliant fielding saved Gallia at critical times. Kopp, the Ath- letic's outfielder, received notice today to report to his home draft board at To- ledo, to join the May contingent of tho national army. He left tonight.
 Score by innings: R. H. E. St. Louis ............... 023 coo oS1--9 F c Philadelphia ........... 002 0G0 010-3 ID |
 Batteries: Gallia and Nunamaker; My CTS, Adams and McAvoy.
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PELS WIN SECOND
 FROM TRAVELLERS Sensational Support Saves RobertsOn-Little Rock
 Rallies in Ninth

Little Rock, Ark, May 24.-Sensa- tional support given Robertson in the pinches saved him today, and gave New Orleans the second game of the series, , to 2. Schepner, Barbare and Edmondson made brilliant plays for New Orlans, all of them cutting off runs. Little Rock filled the bases fa the ninth with two out, but could
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Reds Win in Eleventh

Cincinnati, May 24.-A wild pitch by Watson allowed Griffith to score the winning run from second in the last half of the eleventh inning today. Cincin-
 natl scored a run off Prendergast in the first inning on Magee's single and steai and hit by Chase. Philadelphia tied in the seventh when Burns singled and Williams. who an for him. stole second
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Here's a Humdinger!

1 New York, May 24.-A 19-inning game, the longest of the present major league season, was won by Cleveland from New York here today 3 to ?, when Joe Wood. the former pitcher, playing left field, hit his second home run of the game, Woods first homer was made off Russell in the seventh inning and the second off Mogridge, who replaced Russell in the eighth. The last two games played here have consumed B innings, as Wednes- days game with Chicago lasted IA in nings.
 The game was a remarkable pitchers battle between Coveleslde, who went the entire distance, and Russell and Mog- ridge, The visiting pitcher grew more eff fective as the game proceeded, only two hits being made, off him in the last six innings It was Coveleskie's third eX- tra inning performance in 10 days. In the first two however, he was unsuccess- full losing to Philadelphia in l3 in nings on May 15, and to Washington in F innings last Sunday. Bodie drove in both of the Yankees runs, hitting home run in the seventh inning and sending Pipp, who had tripled, home in tho ninth inning with a sacrifice fly. The game lasted three hours and AS minutes. Score;
 R.H.E. Cleveland. Oo1 coo 100 900 ooo 900 1-3 14 New York 900 GOO 1o1 900 900 900 o-2 12 Batteries: Coveleski and O'Neill; Rus sell, Mogridge and Hannah, Walters
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FIFTH INNING

 and Haworth scored. Glazner was called out on strikes.
 FIFTH INNING
 Ellam hoisted fly to Duncan. Kauf- man hit a wicked grounder to Clark on which Danny made a nice play, get ting his man at first. Knisely walked and stole second Baker grounded out, short to first.
 Black struck out. Bernsen walked. Southworth popped up to short. Dun- can popped up to second.
 SIXTH INNING Burke hoisted pop fly to Clark. O'Brien went out on grounder to second Southworth took care of Mar shalps fly.
 Clark singled to left and went to third on Jansens bingle to right. El- lam yanked Swigler and put in Helf- rich to pitch Jansen stole second. fla- worth hit foul fly to Marshal for the first out. Montegut hit drive to short which Ellam reached back and caught, doubling Jansen off third. That ended Baron hopes, although the boys kept fighting.
 SEVENTH INNING Helfrich lifted a high fly to Black in center. Mcconnell hit a high one to Duncan for the next demise. Ellan1 walked but went out stealing second Glazner struck out Black walked and stole second. Bernsen smashed a 1 line drive to center which looked like | sure hit, but Burke gathered it in. Southworth hit a line drive right in Ellam's hands. Things were sure breaking for the Vols. EIGHTH INNING Kaufman grounded out. short to first Knisely went out, Jansen to Bernsen. Glazner threw Baker out on his grounder in front of the plate. Duncan grounded to third and wao out at first when Kaufman made a great stop of Bakers low throw to the bag. Clark grounded out, McCon- mel to Kaufman. Jansen flied out to center.
 NINTH INNING Burke hoisted a fly that fell in Blackie's mitts. OBren popped up to Clark. Marshall fouled out to Ha- worth.
 IIaworth was called out on strikes. Montegut hit a grounder to the pitcher and was out at first. Red Smith, who hit for Glazner, ended the game Dy popping up to second base.
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'CHICKS MT HARD AND DEFEAT BEARS Barger Boys Gather Six teen Hits, But Tally Only
 Four Times

Memphis, May 24.-Although Memphis made Is hits in the game with Mobile here today, they were so badly scattered they netted the locals only four runs, the contest closing to 1 in favor ot MemDhfs Score:
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flied out to center. Duncan hit lne drive to O'Brien for the third out.
 SECOND INNING

flied out to center. Duncan hit a line drive to OBrien for the third out.
 SECOND INNING
 O'Brien beat out a grounder to short and went to second on Marshalfs single to right field. Hoyt bunted to Glazner and ''Whiteyl'' threw badly to first, filling the bases. Mcconnell singled to center and O Brien scored, but Marshall was held on third, bases still full. Ellam was blinded by Glazner's curves and struck out. Kaufman also took three swings and sat down. Knisely flied out to Duncan.
 Clark grounded out, second to first Jansen sit safe to third and went to second when Haworth grounded out Hoyt to Kaufman. Montegut went out Ellam to Kaufman, on his grounSer.
 THIRD INNING
 Baker hit a high foul that Bersen grabbed right off the right field bleachers, crashing into the stands aft CT the catch The bugs, who had been riding the big first baseman for drop ping two fouls in the previous frame, applauded roundly. Burke grounded to short and was out at first. OBrien hoisted a fly to Duncan.
 Glazner was presented with a wrist watch and reciprocated with neat single over second. Altenberg hit the dirt, lodging one of Hoyt's fast ones and, as was referred to before, re- tired in favor of Black, following the ensuing argument with the Nash vile twirler Swigler went in to pitch for Nashville. Black grounded to short and was safe when Ellam threw wild to second trying 10 catch Glazner. who went to third on the error. Bernsen hit a fly to left field for the first out. Southworth singled to right field. SCOT ing Glazner and sending Black to third. Duncan lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Black. Southworth went out trying to steal second.
 FOURTH INNING
 Marshall smashed single to right but was forced at second on Swigler's s grounder to Clark. Bersen pulled the hidden ball trick on Swigler for the second out. Mcconnell flied out to South worth.
 Clark fouled out to Marshall. Jan sen walked and went all the way to third on Haworth's single to right field. Montegur grounded to the pitcher and Jansen was run down and put out. Ha- worth moving around to third and Montegut to second during the chase, With Glazner at bat. Marshall let one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rr.- as Outhit Pirates

Pittsburg, May 24.-The Boston Braves made their first appearance of the sea son today and defeated Pittsburg, to 8 Ragan held the home team well in check and did not allow Pittsburg play CT to reach first until the fifth inning. Boston hit Steele hard and he was re- lieved in the fifth by Jacobs. The latter gave way to a pinch hitter in the eighth and Harmon hurled the closing inning for the home team. Score: RH E Boston . 002 1S0 oOo-6 F l Pittsburg ............... COO oO0 Zoi-S
 Ragan and and Wilson; Steele, Jacops Harmon and Archer.
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Summary: Three-base hits, Leach, Crane Double plays, Phelan to Graham Mcdowell to Mayer. Bases on balls, Hoffman 1, Merritt 3. Stolen base, Me- DoweH. Hit by pitched ball, Merritt (Acosta). Time. 1:37. Empires, Schaef- fer and Chestnut.
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St. Paul Signs Harne,

St. Paul. Minn., May A.-Manager Kel- ley of the St. Paul club of the American association announced today that Out fielder Harper of the Detroit Americans will join the local club Saturday
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Summary: Two-base hits, HargraVe, Dobard, Slattery. Three-base hit, Has, brook. Sacrifice hits, McMillan, Slat- tery, Carroll, Nelson, Dobard. Stolen bases, Bratchi, Norcutt. Base on balls, Cavet l, Nelson 1. Struck out Cavet 5. Nelson 1. Time, 1:45. Empires, Kern and Breitenstein.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Shreveport: Shreveport 6, Waco I. At Dallas: Dallas 6, Houston r. At Fort Worth: Fort Worth-San An day.
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NEAR-YOUNG RIOT
 A young riot seemed imminent in the third frame, when Altenberg rushed out to the pitchers box and accused Hoyt of trying to bean" him with fast bah. Both men headed for each other at full speed and were just mixing it up yhen players interfered. It took three Barons to hold Altenberg, who made frantic efforts to get at his man. All men in uniform rushed out to the center of the melee and for time the atmosphere was very bellcose, but seV- eral of '-Jawn~ Taylor's brass buttons happened upon the scene and bloodshed was avoided After much "Jawlng back and forth among the participants, Umpire Robertson put Altenberg and Hoyt out of the game, Black going to center field and Swigler taking up the hurling duties for Ellam-
 Saturated with the warlike spirit of Birmingham yesterday, the bleacherites showed more pep than ever before this season. and on numbers of occasions heaped verbal -ebouquets' on the head of Umpire Robertson, whose work be-
 
 biters Robertson again stood for more back-taIk than is consistent with good unpiring, and let the Barons ride him rnmercifully without the slightest indi- cation of resenting it
 4WHTTEY'' OVERANXIOUS
 ''whitey' Glazner was so anxious to finish his diamond career in brilliant style that he got himself in several holes to start with, and the Vols sacked the booty. Singles by Mcconnell and Kaufman. Kniseley's three-sacker and sacrifice fly counted a trio of markers for the visitors in the first frame Three more singles in the second round pro- duced the last Vol counter, which proved to be the winning margin.
 Moley's men fought game uphill fight and although receiving every con ceivable had break in luck, managed to put over three runs, while "Whitey was retiring the Vols. Glazner was pre- sented with a whist watch by his team mates when he came to bat in the th1rd inning, and responded with clean sin gle to right field. Then followed the near-fracas between Altenberg and Hoyt referred to above, which resulted in both eS SCcA took Alty's place at bat and went safe on an error. Both runners scored on Southworths single and Duncans sacr- flee fly. In the next frame Haworth, who had singled and gone to third when Jansen was run down at the plate, scored on a passed ball.
 Another opportunity for Baronial scores in the sixth presented itself, but the Ella.nites were covered with horse shoes and pulled double play with men en second and third and no outs.
 The game in detail:
 FIRST INNING
 Mcconnell hit one over third that Jan sen barely stopped with his finger tips McCoanel started for second a moment later and Carpenter called balk on Glazner, allowing the Vol to remain at the keystone. Ellam hit a grounder to Montegut and Mcconnell was run down and put cut. Kaufman hit safe to right field. Knisely tripled down the left field foul line, scoring Ellam and Kaufman. It was a terrific smash. Baker hit a fly to Southworth and Knisely slid into the plate just ahead of Southworth's perfect peg home. Bunker flied out to Duncan.
 Altenberg grounded out, Ellam to Kaufman. Bernsen singled sharply to left field and stole second. Southworth
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Red Sox Rally and Win

Boston, May A.-Boston took the first game of the series from Chicago today in a ninth-innng rally, 5 to 4. Scott opened the inning by singling to left. Schalk made a wild throw over first on Schang's roller, Scott taking third and Sciiang second, Bush singled through the box, scoring Scott with the winning run Errors by McMullin in the fifth were largely responsible for four runs off Faber. A single by Bush in this inning scored two runs Danforth finished the game for Chicago.
 Score by innings: R. H. E. Chicago characterization. GOO 200 020-4 ' 5 Boston ............ GOO 040 OO1-5 10 3
 Batteries: Faber, Danforth and Schalk; Bush and Agnew, Schang.
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and went all the way home on Wingo,s wild throw, which was fumbled by Roush The winning run came in the eleventh on Grffith's single, his steal and a wild pitch. Score: RH.E. Philadelphia ......... GOO 900 100 O0-1 q Cincinnati ........... 100 GOO 900 01-2 ' 3 Prendergast, Watson and Burns Ad- ans; Toney and Wngo.
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Missed Her Opportunity

From the Boston Transcript.
 Mrs. Blowitt: I could have married four of the wealthiest men in town.
 Her Husband: Why didn't you? The whole four might have been able to pay your dress bills.
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Great Game for Great Cause


 Washington, May 24.-Detroit and Washington played a IS inning tie game today for the benefit of the Amer can Red Cross second war relief fund. The score was 2-2 when darkness ended the contest.
 About 5000 people, including the President and Mrs. Wilson, and Presi- dent Ban Johnson of the American league, saw the game and with S3500 paid at auction for a baseball auc- tionade by President Wilson just be- fore play started, probably S10,000 was added to the Red Cross fund
 The game was pitching duel be- tween Erickson and Harper. The tor mer struck out 12 men, and did not give a base on balls. Score. R. Fl. F. Detroit 900 101 coo -o00 900 0--2 1 Wash. oil 900 900 900 900 0--2 $ ? Batteries: Erickson and Stanage; Harper and Ainsmith.
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oUnIHdTY. IWO-DdSe hlts, BarDare, Coombs. Sacrifice hits, Moran, Bluhm Robertson. Stolen base, EdmondsoE Double play Schooner to Bluhm. h. nings pitched, by Tuero with 6 hits and ? runs; by Murchison ~1-3 inning with hits and runs. Earned runs off Tuero 1, off Murchison 1, off Rob- ertson 2. Left on bases, Little Rock &, New Orleans G. Struck out, by Robert son 2, by Tuero g. Bases on balls, off Robertson ?, off Tuero l. off Murchi- son 1. Wild pitches, Tuero 2 Hit by pitcher, by Robertson (Elberfeld), by Young (Schepner). Time, 2:05. Un- pires. Pfenninger and Brennan
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Cards Finally Win

St. Louis, May M,-St. Louis broke its losing streak today by taking a 12-in-
 ming game from Brooklyn, 3 to L With the score tied in the twelfth, a single by Smyth scored Gonzales from second
 base with the winning run. Score; RHE
 Brooklyn ............ GOO O01 GOO 0o0-1 0 St Louis ............ GOO O01 GOO 001-2 8 1 Batteries: Marquard and Krueger; Packard and Gonzales
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of Swigler's curves get through him and Haworth scored. Glazner was called out on strikes.
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*Batted for Tuero in eighth. **Ran for Elberfeld in eighth. *"'Batted for Young in ninth.