The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-14

f'- otulIy stewart, second bdseman for Birmingham, tramped the toes of Empire Steamboat Johnson with his spiked shoes in the ninth inning Of 2 the first game. and then gave John ison a mighty clout on the jaw, after be ing chased from the game by the Umpire. Rick Woodward had run ssn with Umpire Lewis, the veteran umpire threatening to chase Rick good his threat. A pop-bottle shower directed against Umpire Johnson, followed the banishing of the irate Etuffy from the game. After all this had happeaed the heat-waves again affected two athletes in the eleventh, Tommy Taylor getting into an argu munt with Flip Neun. Taylor walk ed over to take a swat at Neun. The latter beat him to the punch, and several blows were exchanged before players rushed in to intervene. The umpire put Taylor out of the game, claiming he was the instigator of the fight and Stump Clarke had to take Tommy bodily and drag him to the dugout, as he refused to leave the field
 Never before in the nistoryg of baseball in Birmingham has such a stormy baseball game transpired Carlton Molesworth, the manager, was not on the scene when the fight ing took place, for Carlton was taking an enforced rest, three day suspension having been plastered on him by the league president for an altercation he had with Umpire Lewis Monday.
 Stewart is sure to suffer a suspen- sion for three days for his conduct, and this will further hamper the chances of the Baron club. Stewart and Johnson, however shook hands before the stands at the start of the second game to show that the ill feeling between them had passed.
 thomson stated after the game that his feet were bleeding from the cut of the spikes, but that he was will ing to forget the matter, adding, i however, that he would have to make a report of it to the league president. This,of course, will mean suspen- sion.
 Close decisions had gone against lem, kicked balls had raised the Barons ire, and then when the luck broke against them in the ninth frame, after Stewart, in charge of the club. had figured his club was being robbed, the flames of anger burst forth in all their fury.
 As usual, the Barons had a his lead all through the first game. Whitehill having shut the Travellers out for eight innings, and the Barons having found Mutt Williams for three tallies Corrigan led off with an infield hit in the ninth. and Brown. batting for Williams, did likewise Zoellers lifted an infieti fly up and was automatically out
 This is the rule the world over in baseball, but the umpire was slow in making his decision and in the mean time Williams had beeen forced out between the two umpires. ended in ZoeIers being called out for hitting the infield fly and the runners who were then on third and second were ordered back to second and first At this point Stuffy Stewart raised n lowl.
 The rule book in baseball says that the batter is out on an infield fly with first and second occupied. It also says that runners who leave their bases when such fly is lifted S do so at their own peril. Stuffy. Knowing the rule. insofar as the ru,e- hook is concerned. had an argument 5 with Umpire Johnson here, and stated that he was playing the game under protest.
 Wano walked, following the argu- ment and Jackson sent double against the fence In right field SCOT