The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-11
Rx HENRY VANCE

se By HENRY VANCE
 Saturdays double-header between sthe Lookouts and Barons was a com bination salad. It had little bit of everything in 1t, including the good, the bad and the indifferent. The Barons lost the game they should have won and won the game they should have lost. The official scorer, suffering from trials and tabulations. came out from under the ether shortly after midnight and gave out the fol- lowing: Birmingham 5 and Chatta- ham s and Chattanooga in the sec ond.
 Red Bates. after holding the 'Noog- ans to four scattered hits and shut ! while his mates were piling up a five-run lead pulled good imitation of Frisco in 1904 in the eighth in- ming and cracked. With Red went his support and by the time the dus. of battle had cleared away in this frame the Lookouts were leading 6-5. Red. after placing the winning run on the sacks was relieved by Lefty Mhitehill.
 Second Game n Repetition
 The second game was very much a repetition of the first. the reverse English being on the cracking end of 1t, however. Enjoying a Al lead up to the fourth, Pitcher Johnson, for merly of Auburn, cracked under the strain of prosperity and when the in hing was finally over and Johnson had been relieved by Drake. and Drake had been relieved by Bal1ou. the Barons had pounded out five hits for seven runs and the score-keepers were in the close proximity of in- ocuous desuetude and were talking '@incoherently.
 Eddie Mcdonald used four pitchers. 1s men in 16 different positions and q new consignment of Irish profan- 2 ity in an effort to break the jinx in the second game. Fans also saw a new worlds record in umpiring, the Lookout manager keeping an umpire warmed up behind the stands at all times. Due to Ump Guthrie's illness Drake and Statham were assisting Dan Pfenninger in the second game. When Johnson was being bumped Mcdonald sent Drake in as relief man and stationed Croil In the umpir- ing job. Later Drake was relieved . Croll was Jerked from the umpiring job and Drake was sent back in to umpire. Hence Drake breaks into the box score as a pitcher, and into the summary as umpire, while Croil is in the box score as umpire and also third-sacker in it's summary. The Summary line should read: Umpires- . Pfenninger, Statham, Drake. Croll and Drake.
 Barons Gained a Bit
 The 5000 fans, who packed the stands to witness the week end oar- gain bill. got some satisfaction out of the split double-header at least While the Barons were standing still for the day in the percentage table, the Mobile Bears were drop ping another to the Memphis Chicks. and the Barons gained another half . game on the league leaders.
 In the first game, Bates spent sew : en innnigs pitching the best ball of his youthful career and was well nigh invincible. During this time his buddies had staked him to a good lead. tallying a quintet of runs. They enjoyed 8 big inning in the fourth at the expense of Daniel Boone, and Dams friends from the University Of Alabama who had as- sembled in gob-lots, gave up the contest as lost. The score was 0-0 when the Barons entered the fourth frame. Harry Harper, who has gained the respect of league pitch CTS of late. drew pass to start the inning. and took second on Clarke's sacrifice. Tommy Taylor also drew gift base. due to Boone's wildness. Neun hit a grounder past short, which was a hit, but Wingfield threw his gloved hand at the ball, knocked it down, and held Harper on third. Three men were on and only one out. Silva hit sharply to short and Wingfield threw to the plate, kill ing Harper with deadly peg. Three men were still on, but two were down and Tooter Brandon, the home grown lad. was up. Tooter did noth- ing but smack a two-sacker into right, as the fans went wild, and the mighty wallop brought three runners across the plate. Bates brought the agony to an end by sky ing to left. and the Barons were en- t~ying a three-run lead.
 w Johnny Neun Stars
 All through the game Johnny Neun was standing the fans on their respective ears, and bringing forth rounds of applause by his wonderful york around the initial bag. His stops were nothing short of phe- nomenal, and Bates was holding 'em like kid holds an all-day sucker. And. in the seventh the Barons add cd two more to make 1t that much safer for Red Burkett started the seventh with blow to center and swas forced at second by Bates. who went safe on a fielder's choice. Stew art grounded out pitcher to first. but Harry Harper came up and slashed a mighty clout, far over the center fielder's head. Harry stopped at third and of course Bates came in with the fourth run. Stump Clarke followed Harper with two-ply smash into right and Harper came shome with the fifth tally. Taylor Tended it with a fly to deep right Eddie's Lookouts. who apparently {didn't have a look-in. started the eeighth inauspiciously enough. Wight. Tthe first man to face Bates. popped Ito Stewart. wingfield was strike -out victim and 1t looked like Bates would come through under wraps. Daniel Boone. however. plastercd a safety into center and Clayton ripped .the cover off the ball with a three base smash to left. bringing Boone home. There goes Reds shut-out game" mourned an admirer in the .press box, Yep, it's too bad they had to score on him." contributed another. Foxey Eddie waited Red tcvt and dvaw q mass to first Tbts