The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-26


of the lad with the commodious torso
AA International league boys by thu
Moleys outplayed their visiting BRETT
and justly deserved the triumph.
The old success formula was really
concocted in the fifth frame, for at
that time the score was a 2-2 tie. In
the frolicksome fifth Stuffy Stewart
led off with an infield tap and crossed
the tape at. first ahead of the peg.
Emory followed with sky-ball to
left which was gobbled up by Out
fielder Anderson. Successive singles
by Silva, Bernsen, Clarke, Taylor and
Croll followed, and these swats aided
and abetted by an error on the part OF
Catcher Devine, gave the Barons trip
of tallies and the game
MATHEWS TAPPED ONE
II one should delve through the box
score for features, probably the main
thing that would stand out and stare
+ glaringly in ones eye would be GER
tain catch, which young Mr.. Mathews,
middle gardener for the Toronto team,
uncorked in the second inning. Ralph
Croll started a line drive on its way
to Tripleville, but Mathews raced in
towards Cne lnJlelu, ilIteu the Dali ouL
of the home run groove by lightning
like, one-handed, shoe top, circus stab
and converted what would have other
wise been an extra base hit This
catch was by far the prettiest play of
the game.
DUTCH'S TRUSTY ASH
Now, If one would seek to list often
sive honors and features of course,
Dutch Bernsen would come in for his
- toI- h n
on his batting clothes in the first real
exhibition game of the season. Dutch's
bat wasn't loaded with as much INT
as usual, and he confined himself to
singles but he registered three of
these out of four plate visits.
Dropping the home talent for mo-
ment, however, and oozing over to the
Toronto side of the ledger, we find
where Mr.. Davis disproved the time
worn theory that shortstops are made
to field and not to hit. and lambasted
the leather for four safe swats out of
five trips to the platter. 1t might also
be mentioned in passing that David
was the only visiting brother to get
more than one safe swat off the de-
liveries of Whitehill and Drake. Bar
onial boxmen
CROLL AT SHORTSTOP
Moley started off with the lineup he
between rockies and regulars for the
past few days, with but one exception.
Young George Heilman who has been
stationed at the shortfield, decorated
the bench Friday afternoon, and Ralph
Croll utility man for the locals last
year was sent to this position. This
action on the part of the chubby chief
tain caused a bit of conjecture to
spring up in the ranks of the critics
and many voiced the opinion that
Moley has decided that Croll is the
best man he has for the old ELAN
tation.
WHITEHALL STARTED GAME
Lefty" Whitehill, young Adonis of
the local flock, and a gentleman who
promises to rival Tommy Gallagher for
sartorial supremacy this season, was
Cartons pitching choice at the start
of the game. and the young wrong
handler, who was with the Barons last
spring, but who later helped pastime
Columbia to a pennant in the Sally
league conducted himself just as any
Class A pitcher should. For four
breezy innings, Whitley let the invaders
down with only two hits and nothing
that looked like tally. In the fifth,
however, the Leafs got to him for a
series of three safe swats and these.
coupled with a base on balls and a
stolen base, netted Larry Doyle's hire
lings a couple OF TALES and tied the
score. Whitley gets credit forsthe vic
tory, however. as his mates came right
in and proceeded to get these two runs
back and added on another for extra
measure.
Drake, the Florida State league recruit,
supplanted Whitley on the mound after
the fifth and. got four good innings of
pitching out of his system. This boy
Drake doesn't look like an advocate of