The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-23

There was young tsHeW nntno~
 mike,
 Who dug in the turf with his spaha.
 MT. Dobb's mighty wfelders
 Wore out Baron fieiders
 Till they started for flies on . bike A szrappinx young feliew named Phil suoceedsd poor Mike on the hiu
 Regretting he'd worked him
 Josephus then jerked him
 And Phil felt the showers e@ad @nAAA' Another poor victim was selected, :. The comeback ball he'd perfected gtatham tried 1t an inning
 A-lobbinE and a-8rinning.
 And the Barons quit the first game
 dejected.
 Using a porter house steak As medium, ws scopped the aura from 1t, strained 1t well through an imi- tation silver mesh bag. and Sieaneo tho above message from the departed npirtt of Wee Willie Shakespeare. At that, though 1t sums up the situa- lion and tells how and why the Bar ons lost the first game Of satur- days double Dlil py oh - SN~~
 Second Game Called
 waa willie failed to kick in with anything on the second game which wa~ called on account of sunset by linn Steamboat Johnson at the end of the sixth inning, with the count standing 5-5. Roy Walker and ms fast ball were in the game as the shadows of evening fell. and rather than take chance on some one get ting hit by Roy's fast one, ump Johnson's throaty announcement hrought a thriller to climax.
 The first battle proved lapse or 4ha Barons Back to normaicy. They did everything wrong. Bill Bailey who opposed 'em let 'em down with ont hit for seven innings, and all lowed but six safe wallops In Aii' He missed a shutout by easing up t- ,,,a last frame, as he enjoyed an so lead. A
 Eberhard, who started the first game urobably turned on the show CTS in the club house before the umpsS announced the batteries, real izinp that he had nothing and that he would soon go into close com munion with a Proctor and Gample sandwich The pelicans got tour runs in the first frame or Epple.
 
 the first man to, face him. Gilpert was next up. fle beat out single, stole second. stole ttIrd and came home when Robby tossed the ball to Sumpter Clarke in left. Wet2el drew a mass. following this and Tucxer drew a groove ball. The ball Tucked hit fell on railroad splke on the A. B. and A. railroad over the right field fence and drove IL clean through crosstie ana out the other side. A single by Henry an error by Clarke and double by Fcss gave the Peis another and ran their lump start to four runs.
 Worry Sent In.
 Mike was off to another ambush in the second but after the Birds had pummeled him for two safe hits. Pnii Morrison was dispatched from the water cooler sector, and ended the inning without further damage. Thh visitors scored an unearned run off Phil in the third and ran Their total to five Foss drew pass to start inc frame and was sacrificed to second. Having wallopped one to Taylor, who faked threw to sec and. driving Foss back to the bag. and then tossed Heving out at ffrst. Foss spurted for third with the throw. and Taylor let Neun's return per get through him, as toss con tinued home.
 Phi gbreezed along like regular pitcher until the eighth. when the heavy guns were turned loose araInst him full force. A base on halls to Smith, singles by Heving, Rogart and wetzel and an error by Doc Silva pulled the trick.
 Related Baron Rally The Barons came through with a belated rally in their hal. of the ninth and thereby avoided shut out. Taylor doubled to start the final frame, while Neun struck out and Kane flied to center. Silva beat out one to short and took second on Smiths wild peg, while Taylor raced home with the first Baron tally. Robertscr singled and Silva came home. Statham. who had rs- lieved Phil, after Burkett had pinch hit for him In the eighth. flied out to center and the game WIS over.
 Second Game
 The Barons saved themselves from the humiliation of a double defeat, when they came from behind in the fifth inning of the second game. scored four runs and tied the game up. The Pels had hammered White hill numerically in the fourth. scoring three runs. One they maQc in the third and another in their half of the iAth, made the coun. 6-1 against the locals.
 With two gone in the Barons' ha.f of the fifth. Clarke beat put an in- field hit Stewart singled ans Clarkie anne nome on Harper's safety to center. Taylor then step ped up and crashed one far over tn , leftfielders head, the ball going to the fenc The drive brought two more runs across the pan and made the coun. b-4. Nouns Texas leaguer just over short brought Taylor home with the tying run. Neun was picked off first a minute thereafter ana the rally ceased.
 Whitey in the Pinch
 Whitehall did some masterful pitching in the Pels half of the sixth. Kraft. who Tad supplanted Henry on first. led off with . two Dagger to the scoreboard. Smith sacrificed him over to third. and went safe who, vrhitehills throw pulled Neun off the bag. Smith stole second. This gave the Pelicans a man on third and one on second with none down. It looked like an inevi-