The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-31

MT. McMllan made a bad job of 1t and let Mir. Silva remain on second base long enough for Stuffy stewart to crack a single to left and score Mir. Silva of the Barons with the only run scored during the game.
 Rules is rules-even'in baseball and rules being rules deprived the Chick asaws of an opportunity to make a score in three innings, that might have been played but were not. In the seventh inning, with one Baron out, one on second base and another at bat, Umpire Williams called the game on account of rain. It was ten minutes after D o'clock. At 20 minu- tes past 5 o'clock, Umpire Williams ordered the game resumed. The rain had hardly settled the dust on the diamond. The Barons didn't do any scoring in the seventh.
 Game Called
 The Chicks started their half of the seventh and Howard Camp flied out and Cliff Yockey was at bat when Umpire Williams called the game again on account of rain A few minutes after the game was called the rain subsided and turned into mist. But rules being rules, the mist was still misting when the So- minute time limit was up and it was all over.
 - However, MT. Williams was entire ly correct in his ruling, for accord- ing to the rule when a game is call ed it cannot be resumed as long as there is drop of rain falling, ana no doubt had the game been resumed the Barons would. have played it under protest. It was hard game for Signor Oscar Tuero, the Chick pitcher, to lose, for he was pitching brilliant ball and the kind of pitch ing that 99 times out of 100 would have returned him winner.
 EbeYhard in Form
 On the other hand, Karl Eberhard of the Barons was also pitching some ball. Both pitchers were bril- liantly supported and were excep- tional,y strong in the pinches. Tuero in the six innings, had given up six hits, while Eberhard had yielded only four. Both teams had oppor- tunities to score but were unable to deliver with scoring wallop. Tuero gave a beautiful exhibition of pinch pitching when Silva opened the game with a legitimate triple, but watched stewart thrown out by Tucro, Emery strike out and Taylor pop out to Dowie.
 Geoch Uses Dome
 The Chicks best chance to score was wasted in the fourth inning. Williams started with single to left and McLarry walked. Don Brown, on an attempted sacrifice, lifted one back of the plate. Will Hams had set off almost with Eber- hards delivery Gooch caught tho ball and, with Williams almost to third base and no chance to get back, threw to Stewart and Williams was on the rear-end of double play Camp singled but it didn't mean any thing, for Yockey flied out to cen terfieid. The Chicks last chance to tic the game, or maybe win, came in the sixth. With one out Williams was hit in the back by Eberhard, but was forced by MeLarry and Brown was the third out.
 Rad Baseball Weather
 The game was started with dark clouds hanging over Red Elm. bot toms, but, as 1t ultimately resulted. nine innings might have been played as far as the condition of the dia- mond was concerned.
 When the game was called the second time it looked like the rain had set in for good, but few min utes after it was called, the rain turned into a mist and when the game was called off at five minutes to six o'clock the diamond was still in good condition.
 The last of the series is set for o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Of the three games played. the Barons have won two.