The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-14
By HENRY VANCE

By HENRY VANCE
 The title to yesterdays thriller might appropriately be "Springtimes Relapse" For be 1t known that the Barons suffered return engagement of the malady that affected 'em in May and June. and kicked away a ball game in the ninth after they had won 1t beyond all question of what happened in May and June. and but for the fact that leaves were turning yellow and the grass mad taken on B tannish hue. and Dutch Bernsen was managing Atlanta ln- stead of Bill Rariden, or Sammy Mayer, or Roy Ellam, or somebody else; and Joe Dunn was managing Birmingham instead of Moley; 1t could have easily been mistaken for the spring tra-la.
 Smiths Homer Wins
 The ball game wound up to 8 in Atlanta's favor. Before the ninth got going it was s to in favor of the Barons. All of which means that anything Is liable to happen Just the day--before the season ends. Atlanta had one big inning. Achinger and Whitehill make couple of big errors and Smith, the backstop for the Crackers, made one big hit. Pre- viously to MT. Smiths detonating crash, the Crackers had scored one run. making the score to 5. Bir- mingham. Bernsen started the inning by grounding out, but young Arthur Traynor two-baggered James pop ped up to Achinger and the latter threw wildly to first, Traynor SCOT ing. Guyon and Wano, trusty red skins. bit the dust by beating out two infield hits and the bases were full. It was then that MT. Smith came up. First thing any one knew the count was to l on him. The next one was ball but the umps saw differently and Smith kicked. The next one was down the groove and he leaned against it nightly, drlv- tng 1t over the right field walls. This one blow scored four runs and gave Atlanta the ball game. Sick, sim plicity, Tiberius.
 Daniels Bad Inning
 Pitcher Daniels who came to the Barons recently from Spartanburg, battled like a true Spartan in every inning except two. He had a couple of nightmares---one in the sixth and the other in the ninth. In the other frames the Crackers were helpless, going scoreless. and In most in- stances hitless. Buddy Napier. on the other hand was a true buddy for the Barons. They hit everything he sent across the plate, and after the fourth inning he retired in favor of Bill James. Bill kept his hits as well scattered as Jimmy cex's votes In 1920, and by this tightening up process Atlanta onsthe game.
 Barons Score Two.
 The locals scored a couple in the second frame, when Silva, who got grand total of four stolen bases during the pastime. worked the pitcher for pass, and stole sec ond. He went over to third on a wild pitch. Robertson struck out something he rarely ever does and Achinger hit liner to third, Silva being fatality at the plate. Whitehill almost de-legged Napier with sizzler through the box and Daniels uncorked a safe blow to center, which scored Achinger. Whitehill tailed. too, when Hook let the drive roll through him. The fourth proved one of the big gest innings the Barons' have enjoyed this year. All hands batted around, Achinger was up twice in the same frame, and total of eight hits and five runs were garnered from the Nhpierinian delivery. Achinger started 1t with a single. Blows then began to fall thick and fast ard they were garnished by errors. Singles by whitehill. Daniels, Stew art. Taylor, Silva and Robertson, a two-ply crash by Harper and a glar- ing error by Schmidt gave 'em the five tallies, and made the count TO in Birmingham's favor. With seven run lead in the fourth inning 1t looked like 1t was all over.
 Daniels Blows Up
 In the sixth, however, Daniels pulled a good imitation of a cargo of T. N. T. and blew up. James started it with single and Moore followed with another. Joe Guyon then bit his monogram on the ball for home run over the right field walls, driving in three runs with this wallop. Smith followed with a two bagger, Klugman drew a pass and Hook brought Smith home with hi5 single.
 Thus 1t may be seen that homo runs were disastrous to the Birming- ham camp, two limit clouts driving in seven of the Atlantans nine runs.
 Barons Get Another
 Birmingham scored one more in the sixth--their only tally off Bill James. With two down Silva doubled, stole third. Robertson walked and he and Silva worked the double theft for Silva's fourth steal of the game.
 s The final game of the series and season will be staged at the Wood" sthis afternoon between the Crackers and Barons. This afternoons game will write "finis" on baseball until next April. One can't tell--a league record for fast playing might be un- corked this afternoon. if the ath- ietes make up their minds to get the xame out of their systems In the thortest time possible.
 - Friday the aBrons will go down sAo Sylacauga to take on the team of that city for one game.
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