The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07

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 Phil Morrison was on the mound for the Barons and Phil was pitching what is-or what should be-known as the 'boomerang ball In other words it's one of those balls which come right back at you, after you've cut one loose. The big boys pitching was decidedly off color, and the Louisville sluggers pound- ed the pellet to all corners of the lot, and in one instance beyond any corner in the lot. They garnered 10 hits for seven tallies and IA bases off the Ken tuckian's delivery for the four innings he decorated the slab.
 Following the Herculean Baron on the hill was the youngster Drake, who has shown to good advantage in his every appearance this season, and who contin- ued to show up well in his most recent trial. Drake went in when the Colonels were slamming anything and everything down the groove, checked the attack, and for five innings he yielded but two safe swats and only one score. This is quite a task when one considers that the psy- choiogy handicap is enormous when pitcher elects to relieve another who has been getting his bumps.
 Wright was sent to the hill by Manager Mccarthy of the opposing team, and while the Louisville stalwart was touched up rather freely, so far as base hits were concerned, he always frightened in the pinches, and the Barons seven wallops got them only duo of counters
 Tommy Long, former Baron left-hand- CT, relieved Wright after the fifth, and for the quartet of frames that he oc- cupied the mound he got the most cred itable brand of pitching out of his sys- tenn seen here this spring. Tommy seemed to have everything-plus on the ball. and the locals got nothing that looked like base knock off his delivery. As matter of fact it was a case of three up and three down in every ln- ming except the seventh, when Tommy took a generous streak and presented young MT. Drake with base on balls.
 With Tommy Taylor, the regular Ba- ronial third-sacker, still nursing ms wounded hand and carrying it around in a bolt of bandage cloth, Moley decided to try still another youngster at third Wednesday, and this lad also exhibited the fact that he was too inexperienced to stand the gruelling grind. Gardener vas the fellow chosen for the assignment, and during the melee he got couple Of costly pebbles out of his system, failing to contribute anything to the hit column out of three times at bat.
 George Kircher, Suffy Stewart and Jay Kirke enlivened the fans during the af- ternoon by three stellar bits of work, but the laugh over Kircher's antics and the cheers over the two homers by the latter named gents did not reach great volume, for the simple reason that only a sprinkling of spectators journeyed out to witness the fray. Kircher got a~reper- toire of side-splitting stunts out of his system on the two occasions that he ven tured to the first base coaching lines, while Kirle lifted the ball over the right field walls for homer in the fourth frame, and StuSfy damned one down tho groove in left-cS2ter for a limit clout on his very first ar>sarance at bat.
 Louisville Shopped' off to one-run lead in the "flrst frame when Massey led oft with a crate of patience and drew pase onrballs as a reward. Schooner and I'm ealp were infield outs but kirke leaned arainst one for a safe drive to right field and Massey cantered home with the first run of the game.
 The Barons lost little time in getting this back. The incomparable Stuf1y looked over the first offering of Wright and made pass at the next one witn his willow. The ball sailed down the groove and before it could be retrieved SIoKart TdCeu dCEOSS biiC Pdh "A@iA ~Ai> tying run.
 Morrison frightened up in the second. but went all to pieces in the third, and his defense followed suit with couple of errors with Gardener and stump Ciark as the guilty ones in the pebble line. Tin cup, Betzel Ellis, Ballenger and Meyer got one-ply clouts in this frame and Mas sey and Schooner were presented with complimentary tickets to first via the baee-on- balls route.
 In their half of the third the Barons made their last tally of the afternoon Morrison reached first by virtue of an error on the part of Betzel and advanced couple of bags on Stewards single He rode the rest of the way home when Bersen bounced single off Ballengeri shins.
 .The Colonels added two more to theii string in the fourth, the first coming on Kirke's drive over the right f1eic walls. and the other when Ellis followed up the homer with healthy double