The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
Johnny Neun Leads the
 Barons to Victory In First Game With Bears
Morrison Pitches Good Ball Until Sixth, When Rhino Williams Hits Homer With Bases Loaded-MoIey'S Men Win, 8 to 4
nr HENRY VANCE

ne nllS GIl UlOlnlASg ANGdh aA0 night-does Johnny Jumpup. Take Thursday afternoon, f'rinstanoe, when the Baronial forces triumphed over the Mobile Bears S-4. this Neun- monia to pitchers was up four times and got four safe blows, which is hit- ting as close to 1000 for an afternoon as ssthe law permits. Johnny Jumpup got three singles and a triple-bar reled arrangement, driving in sun dry runs and Siggy Sigman from the mound.
 Thursday afternoons opener was a pitchers pageant, to be explicit. For Mobile Lefty Sigman started and Pope handled the pitching ritual after Siggy had been jared loose from {, his moorings by virtue of heavy bonn harding. For Birmingham Philip Nor rison was sent to the hill and later to the showers and replaced by the florid-locked Mir. Bates. As a re- placement proposition Mir. Bates shone with the brilliance of a Kohinoor-whatever that is.
 Barons are Generous
 Morrison really was presented with enough runs to leaf through the other eight innings. when the Barons tailed four times In the I1rSI ITaH6. SluIly SLeW- art, making his debut of the season in a Baronial unie, and receiving thunderous applause as he stepped to the plate as leadoff man in the second half of the first, proceeded to get hit by pitched ball. Silva sacri- feed him to second. Harry Harper then hit to short, but the throw to third was too late to get the fleet footed Stuffy and both men were safe. Taylors two-bagger brought Stew art and Harper home. Stump Clarke then delivered with an immaculate single to left. which scored Tommy the Terror. and Neun cracked out a bingle which brought Clarkie home. With this 40 lead things looked rosy for the Barons.
 Still After sIgman
 S They looked more rosy in the third when the local forces got out the big naval guns and started to good-tim- ing Siggy, the ex-Baron, once again. Harper started the merriment by skipping single to right, which Rhino Williams let get through him. and Harry stopped at second. Tommy the Tornado waited patiently on his second time up and was rewarded with a base on balls. Clarke hit to the pitcher on an attempted sacri- flee, and Siggy whipped the ball to Mullen at third. It was close play but Harper was called out, Clarkie going safe on a fielder's choice. Neun cracked out his second blow of the pastime. this time switching to right field for the safety, and Taylor came home with the fifth Baronial tally At this juncture Bert Neihoof got the longest and wickedest hook in the Bear stock room and lifted the man gled, bleeding form of his sturdy left-hander from the game.
 Pope Halts lem
 Ashley Pope was sent in to que1l the attack. and creeping to the ver- nacular, 1t would be nothing but right to say that he didn't do noth- ing else. Burkett struck out and Robertson pulled chip shot to third base for the third putout of the in- ming.
 With five run lead, and Phil Breezing along like a healthy young typhoon. 1t looked like 1t was all over but tabulating the summary For three frames Phil had been un- hittable, the first two blows off his delivery coming in the fourth. And he weathered the sixth with just one casualty in the bingle line chalked against him.
 Bears Get Busy
 But. ah, that sixth, Watson, Is something else again. Philips mas tery of the pitching art was derailed at this point and all his good work of the afternoon went for naught, when the Bearometer started regis tering hits by the bushel Leathers hit one past the shortfield and D. Williams Texas-leaguered back of short. Mulvey singled but his mates had a case of stage fright and stood still in their tracks. refusing to score. This placed three men on the hassocks with nobody down-but Phil Morrison. The Baronlal ace looked like he was down for the count. He got one down the groove for Rhino Williams, former mem