The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29


 Bersen featured the long drawn out game with home run in the sixth inning that scored Eddie Mcdonald ahead of him and which started the scoring for the visitors. Southworth deserves all the honors for tying the game for Birmingham when he scored on Slapnickas short sacrifice fly to left. knocking Catcher Coleman down and causing him to lose the ball, but at the same time taking the count him. self for several seconds. Danny Clark in the seventh inning pulled great play when he went into right field and got a ball that was hit by Orcutt and making snappy throw to first that got the runner. Birminghams seven hits were evenly scattered The game was bitterly contested. Mobile had few chances to score after the first in- hing, Slapnickas control being per feet
 Ponds, who played shortstop, and Damrau at second, starred or Mo bile, their work, in several instances, stopping the Barons from scoring. Ponds accepted thirteen chances with one error.
 BEARS SCORE
 Tn the first inning of the hard fought battle, the Barons went out in order. In Mobiles half Slapnicka walked Bates and Orcutt beat out hit to short. On Coom's sacrifice, both ad- yanced Bues was walked filling the bases Slapnicka put on steam and famed Hasbrook for the second out. Coleman dropped a fly ball near sec pnd that Jansen should have taken with ease, but he misjudged it and Bates and Orcutt rode home. Bues then stole third standing up. Damrau drove an easy roller to Jansen who messed 1t up and Bues scored. Ponds stopped any more scoring by striking out. This was all of Mobiles run making. al- though they had two men as far as second during the rest of the game. Slapnicka showed himself in the pinch and struck Coombs, Bates being thrown out at third by Smith trying to steal Bues doubled in the fifth, but was left on second.
 BERNSEN BUSTS APPLE
 Birmingham started scoring in the sixth, threatening several times. Me Donald, first up. laced out a single to right that Bates could not pick up fast enough and he went to second. Bern sen then busted the old apple over the right field wall for a homer
 Duncan followed with double to center and went to third on South worth's infield out. Clark struck out trying to hit a sacrifice fly to bring in t:le tying run and Jansen finished the big inning by flying out to right.
 Neither team, after the sixth, showed anything like run until BirminS- hal.l's ninth frame Southwo: til ground ed to short, it was peculiar hit ball that Ponds could not handle, and the runner went safe. Clark drove long single to right and by some fast speed- ing, Southworth took third. Jansen went out from short to first, but Southworth held onto third. Smith was purposely walked to get Slapnicka. The visiting pitcher sacrificed to Coombs. who made quick return of the ball. Southworth and Coleman collided and the latter dropped the ball, Scuthworth scoring with the ty- ing run. Clark went to third on the play, and Smith to second. AltenburS went after one of Cavets slow ones and his best was high fly to Coombs.
 Mobile, in her half of the ninth, got a man on first when Coleman lit safe to right for one bag, but double play ended any chance here. In the tenth inring each side went ont in ont. two three order. The Mobile team &C., cused Slapnicka of delaying the game in Mobiles half of the tenth. Mc- Daniel went in to catch for Mobile in the tenth.
 Manager Molesw orth announced to- night that Ralph Comstock would f~, ir,,, ,ir1ty lar
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