The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-23
HOME RUNS ACCOUNT FOR 4 OF $ TALLES
 AS BEARS WIN THIRD
Mobile Has Now Cut Fort Worth's Lead to a Single Game-6,ooo See First Game at Gulf City

Mobile, September 22.-The Mobile Southern league champions came back this afternoon against Forl Worth. pennant winners of the Texas league, by defeating the Texans ] to ?. It was a hard fought battle oi southpaws, featured by two home runs, which In addition to othet thrilling incidents, electrified coco fans who turned out to see the first game played in Mobile.
 The series now stands: Fort Worth won 2: lost 1. Mobile won 1; lost 2 Play will be resumed tomorrow aft ernoon at o'clock instead of 3;s0 o'clock
 The Monroe park diamond was al- most enshrouded in darkness as Lefty Fuhr, Mobile pitcher, whip ped the ball to First Baseman Hum and caught Outfielder Coombs nap ping off first base, winding up the game.
 Huhm Hits Homer
 Mobile was first to score, In the fourth inning Rhino Williams laia a bunt toward third. Williams ad- vanced to second on Mullens innela out. The umpire called the first strike on Huhn, but the big first baseman lifted the second ball pitched to him over the right field fence for A home run. The stands were thrown into pandemonium and the Mobile band struck up "Therell Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
 The game was delayed until police men and others cleared the diamond of hundreds of hats and cushions hurled by frantic fans.
 Lefty" Fuhr. showing great speed and sharply-breaking curve, held rH- yTV- f.. ,l, ,1. .,aff hn Af !, inning when the Fathers tied the score. Calvo went safe when he bounded sharply to Manager Me hoff. The ball bounced over Me hoff's head, but he jumped into the air and knocked it down. Calvo was given a hit. Atz's slugging Frs Sacker Kraft electrified the stands by driving the ball over the right field fence. It was 8 long drive, go- ing even further than Huhn's. The Fort Worth police band immediately struck up with the Funeral March" The Mobile musicians. not to be out done, tried to drown out their rival musicians with some more "dot the entire crowd but only for a few minutes after the Panthers had been stopped by Fuhr.
 How Bruins Won
 Niehoff opened the eighth inning for Mobile by singling over short. Mulvey advanced Niehoff with sac- rifice. Rhino Williams singled to right and Niehoff darted past third for homo. Calvo made a hurried throw to the plate and the ball got by Catcher Moore. The Mobile band hurled back the familiar notes of the funeral dirge at the Fort Worth musicians. What the Fort Worth wild Mobile fans. But the Texas champions refused to quit and came back strong in the ninth inning the left field bleachers and was rob spectacular catch.
 Moore singled to right field. D. Williams let the ball get away from him and Moore went to second. Ha- worth was sent in to run for Moore. Cuteo threw out Wachtel, pinch hitting for Goodbrad. Coomhs walked. Sears missed the first ball pitched but the game ended when Coombs was caught off first base by several feet.
 Pate pitched careful ball. but was handicapped in not being permitted to use his moist delivery. Johns. another southpaw, did well. yielding one hit in two Innings. He was yanked for a pinch-hitter. Ross, a third portsider, was ineffective.
 Neither manager was inclined to- night to divulge their pitching se- lections for tomorrow.