The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-22
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By Marvin MeCarth1

Whew' bat they gave us a good scare
anyway. Hitless until the seventh in
ming. and only three hits after that
This is too near a no-hit game to make
us feel entirely comfortable. Why
worry? The Barons won the game, and
that is what we are most vitality con-
cerned in.
Outfielder Summa had a bad day at
bat yesterday. and as a consequence he
is batting only about .S75. OF course. it is
foolish to expect a player to bat 500 in
definitely. but somehow or other we hate
to see that mark drop from the top OF
our lists
Aha, Bernsen was the real hero. Not
content with saving the old game, he
must drive out clean single and win
it for US. Mr.. Bernsen, we salute thee
Keep it up.
Say, it's two straight for the Barons
1t is possible that they are to again be-
come the mighty pennant chasers Of
wore. Mobile. we are right on your
heels. You had better look out.
Won't someone please try to stop the
Crackers? The Barons won't have an
other whack at them until August D.
That is too long a time for them to so
undefeated.
The Iowly scribes of Atlanta town are
gloating over the work of Milton Reed.
They claim SO times at bat for him and
"a hits making a percentage of nearly
| 500 That is his record for II consecu-
tive games. 1t appears that the Frank
men have a weep coming to them when
Milton returns to the army.
The following note was received by
the sporting editor of The Age-Herald;
Dear Sir Will you please state
through the columns of your paper how
| it is that Glazner is credited with losing
one game, when the score was tied when
he was relieved in the only game in
| which he has pitched? The winning run
was made after he left the game"
! Well, YOU see, it's this way. BY an
! ancient ruling of last year, If a pitcher
leaves the game with the score tied, and
| a runner, whom this pitcher puts on
base, scores the winning run, then the
retired pitcher gets the credit for losing
/ the game. This was precisely the case
in that Thinning game of July is.
| The lucky guyl Three consecutive days
was he credited with winning a game,
the parsonage is not other than Pitcher
Robinson of New Orleans. That is as
| bad as Kerr of the White Sox, who was
credited with winning both games of
yesterdays double header
How do they do it?" someone is sure
to ask They do it BY going in for an
| inning or so in each game, and having
4 Just enough luck to be in when the game
! is won by his mates.
| The New York Yankees were boosted
down a peg by their double defeat yes
| terday at the hands of the White SoX-
1t is beginning TO look like we won't
have a worlds series between two New
York teams after all. That wouldn't be
4 any fun anyway.
| It's one sure bet that when Babe Ruth
| is pitching for the Red Sox that there is
| rot much danger for a shutout being reg
/ istered against them. The mighty pitcher
made his fourteenth homer of the sea-
| son yesterday.
| 1t is a great treat to see Maddox, the
| one-armed wonder, pull balls down from,
| out the ozone It seems impossible for
him to do it, but he has surely got the
hang of hanging onto baseball.
We will see Maddox pitch this after
Moons game If he defeats Al. Young,
who has a reputation like chocolate
marshmallow cake. the CUBS will be
saved the trouble of writing out check
| for $500 to the Black Barons.
| There were nearly as many whites
as the other kind at that game at Rick
| wood yesterday. We like change OF
scenery at the old battle grounds. 1t
| breaks the monotony little.
| The referee of fight in England has
| to add up the points to see who wins.
The referee who has charge of the fight
| in which Dempsey takes part won't have
| to bother about points. He'll only have
to be an accurate counter up through
| TO- as the Atlanta Journal has 1t.