The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-10

Nashville. July s.-(Speclal.)- Charley Barnabe. who does first base and outfield chores for l.. Doyle, can render thanks that he is not propri- etor of buzz wagon. If such were the case, Mir. Barnabe would spend practically all his days in the. dark confines of the municipal hoosegow, for Charley has not even so much as a holding acquaintance with traffic rules. These stop and go signs are so much gibberish to the Edmonton recruit.
 At least, he appeared to be conn pletely bumfuzzled over the frantic signals which Bob Morrow waved towards him in the ninth paragraph of today's opening battle with the Barons. Thus it came about that the depressed Doyles in the tenth were flattened, to 2. They should have speared the decision some to in the ninth.
 Refused to obey
 For Charley Barnabe refused to heed the advice of Robert Morrow Robert Morrow was directing traffic at third when Sumter Clarke man aged to get only one claw on Ray Werre's long smash to left. It leaked through his single init and popped along towards the scoreooard. Michael Burke, aboard second via his own safe poke, sprinted home, while Stump Clarke sprinted after the fozzled swat. Charley Barnabe. who had punched a -bagger to left in that stanza. applied the lash to his mount and scooted around himself. Mean while, Stump Clarke. away out there by the scoreboard, had flung the baseball in the general direction of the infield. His peg was muffed by Kane far out in left.
 By that time, Charley Barnabe was steaming into third. Robert Morrow switched on the "go" sign. He even beloved an entreaty to Charley Barnabe to use whip and spur and lop zhomeward. And Charle Ba*nabe stopped right there. Maybe he didn't understand what Bob Nor row said. They speak Esquimaux up in Alberta. where Charley Barnabe came from. Maybe he stopped to talk Bob Morrow out of the loan of a quid of eating tobacco. Anyhow, he stood there. ARd-while he stood, the Vols chance withered, wilted, became mildewed, scalded and run down at the heels, not to say dead and defunct. Later on, Charley Barnabe attempted to tally when Dutch Krehmeyer epoked one at Stuffy Stewart, and was smothered at the dish. Charley Barnabe made two attempts at suicide. And both were successful. He clubbed for an even thousand in the self destruction league.
 Bill Statham Has Revenge
 Make no mistake. Charley Barnabe lxn score. Not at all. William Statham, once a Vol. and George McQuillan, an ex-Pe1, had quite a heaving duel for a time. Will Statham is the same gent Doyle trade for a glass of near beer. Today for eight stanzas Will Statham looked like a bathtub full of champagne. The Vols first marker was a douation. Still, those Vols later on repaid the kindness re- sulting from Kane's two-base wild chuck. And paid it with triple in- terest. For five frames the Vols failed to get man as far as second. Spark ling backing hoisted the feet of Will Statham several times.
 George McQuillan flung consider able baseball himself. For eight rounds his Baron foes knitted to- gether but three clear clouts. But he wobbled in the ninth and stag q smashes were clustered in each frame. Of the last nine Barons to face the veteran sharpshooter, six fell upon the baseball in furious fashion. They twisted three singles and as many torrid two-sackers into a knot which strangled the last flick erng hope for the homelings. Yet it was not the fault of the major league relic. It was the unfamiliarity of Charley Barnabe with traffic sig nals. Barnabe hesitated. And he who hesitates is lost.
 Bar0ns' First Run
 The Barons matched a run in the second on a pass to Silva. his theft of second and smashing single by Tommy Taylor past third.
 The Vols knotted the count in the seventh Mike Burke strolled Barnabe rapped to Kane for an easy twin killing. Kane fumbled the ball and then heaved wild to first. Burke went to third and Barnabe to sec ond. Mike reported on Werre's single past Stewart. It Is recalled how Barnabe was killed at the pan.
 Kane greeted McQuillan in the ninth with a lusty one-bagger to right. Neun rapped to We're, who forced Kane at second. Neun was