The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-24
Bruins Rally in Ninth And Tie Score at 6-6;| Darkness Ends Battle
Bears Find Delivery of Paul Wachtel Not as Deceptive as in Previous Game--Panthers Still Leading in Dixie Series

Mobile, September 23.-Mobife, Southern league champions, stayed off defeat in a ninth-inning rally this afternoon after two men were out and then battled the Texas league champions through a 10-inninB con test. Umpire Pfirman then called the game on account or darkness. The two teams will resume hostilittes Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The Dixie championship series stands two victories for Fort Worth and one for Mobile. About 5000 people were In attendance, including a large delegation of Fort Worth fans, who brought sha Forth Worth police band with them.
 The game was one of the most ex- citing of the series. evsa more exctt- ing than yesterdays memorable bat tie, when Mobile scored it's first vic tory.
 Manager Atz sert his spitball art iBt, Wachtel, in to take the game from the Mobile Bears. Wachtel, however was not as effective against the Southern leaguers as he was Tn Fort Worth. After Mobile scored & run in the second inning. they pound ed the moist delivery pitcher hard in the seventh inning. when they bat lBu out l0uI SsN W CA NAA fought like the Partners they are. and seemingly would win the game, but the claws of the Bears were sharp and dangerous and the con test was nip and tuck and ended without decision when darkness fell over the diamond.
 Bruins Score First
 Mobile scored in the second when wachtel hit Mulvey. R. Williauss advanced Muivey on an infield hits The bases were filled when Mullen bunted safely toward third. Then Mulvey scored from third on Huhn's sacrifice fly to center field.
 Fort Worth evened the count Tn the third. wachtel sent long drive that struck the top of the left field bleachers for two bases and scored on Sears single to right.
 Mobile went out one, two, three in the third when Wachtel struck out Mulvey, his first strIke-out of the game.
 Fort Worth scored It's second run in the fifth. Tavener singled over third; Moore sacrificed. Mullen fum- bled Waehtel's easy grounder and Tavener scored on Coomb.s sharp sin gle to left. Sears flew to Mulvey Henry struck out Calvo.
 
 half of the fifth the Panthers drew out two more runs ahead. Kraft doubled to the left field bleaehers. Hoffman scored Kraft when he drove the ball into the center field bleach- CTS. Hoffman was advanced to third on Phelan's sacrifice and scored on Moore's single to left. Wachtel was Henry's fifth strike-out victim. Mo- bile forged ahead in the seventh by scoring four runs off WachteIs de- livery. Huhn's second home run of the series was responsible for two the four tallies. Cueto opened with a sharp drive to left for one base. Niehoff walked, but was forced at second. Cueto going to third. R. Will Hams sent slow roller and was put out at first, but Cueto scored on tn } play. Mullen singled and scored on Huhns home run.
 The Partners forged one ahead in the eighth. but Mobile tied 1t in the ninth.
 As result of today's tie game, Fort Worth, scheduled to leave Mo- bile Sunday night, will remain over Monday to play off the tie.