The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-05
Bruins Nose Out Barons in Ninth
 In First, But Win Second Easily
Bates Wild and Game Goes to Mobile
 m Ninth
By MARVIN MCCARTHY


 Fly MARVIN MCCARTHY
 Folks have been celebrating | Fourth of July for over a hundred | 1ears now. and the Barons will prob | lbly continue to lose ball games in the ninth timing as long as that like the windsucking horse who runs ! mile like champion. then falters 1 md drops behind, the Barons can't 1 leem to play baseball for nine in- lings. Yesterday morning at Rick wood park, in the first of a pair of holiday games with the Bruins, after outplaying the Mobile pastimers for eight innings, Shutters men wabblsd badly in the final frame, and B'rer Bear came from behind for a to 3
 Red Bates, lean and lanky red head of the flock. pitched real good ball or eight innings, but committed the fatal mistake of walking the first man who faced him in the ninth. It was all over then, for three straight its and an error followed, and the game was lost. Phil Morrison took up the task of twirling shortly after the start of the ninth, and, although the first two of the three runs Mobile needed to win were marked against Bates, the winning tally went down against Phik and he lost the game.
 Bruins Use Three Tyvirlern
 Mobile used three pitchers against tho Barons. Charlie Fulton started the affair off, and, after three runs had been made off him in seven in- nings, Lefty Sigman. once upon a time Baron himself. went in and twirled the eighth frame. He was taken out in favor Of another twiler, who acted as pinch hitter in the Bruins part of the ninth. Fuhr was sent in to toss 'em up to the Barons in the ninth, and this Bruin- ish person kept the local pastimers scoreless In the final frame. thereby winning cfedit for the Mobile vic- tory.
 Doc Silva again got some good baseball out of his system. Three times he hit in the pinch with men on bases, and two of Birmingham's runs were sent across the plate by his bludgeon. Twice Harry Harper preceded Silva with extra base clouts. and each time Doc sent him across with a pinch blow.
 schulte Stars
 Catcher Schulte, Bruin backstop and leading hitter of the Southern league, had enough fireworks n his bat to play havoc with the Barons. His blow in the seventh sent across the first Mobile tally, while his two- base clout in the ninth drove in Mo bile's first run of the garrison rally. and advanced another man to scoring position. Schulte followed this man across the plate a moment later, so the big receiver was in a measure re- sponsible for every run tallied by the Gulf City athletes.
 For three innings the game gave promise of developing into another of those extra inning games that have featured Fourth of July morn ing celebrations at Redwood for sew eral seasons past. Neither Bates nor Fulton wore at all genefops with base clouts for this third of a game, crackers.
 Barons Put One Across
 Shutters men managed to slip one across in the fourth, however. Tay- lor's vicious slap to left fell in Rhino Williams hands, but Harry Harper's terrific wallop passed over Wi-liams and Mulvey.s heads for three base clout. Harper pulled up at third with yards to spare, and rode home a moment later on Silva's smash to center. Doc stole second. Mobile Player Leathers giving the decision on a close play. Leathers' boss. Bert Niehoff, took Schulte's throw, and protested when his hireling called Silva safe. Don't talk to me-" snapped back feathers. while fiehoff looked on amazed. That's our idea of 8 game guy. The rally ended soon after, as Kane grounded out and Brandon popped up.
 Neun Parks Ball
 The Barons had Fulton's goat and made good their opportunities. In the very next inning. the fifth, FliI Neun parked the ball over the right field fence in approved Ken Williams fashion. It was a hefty wallop, and gave the railbirds something to howl about.
 The sixth produced another tally for the Barons. With one out. Har- per clouted a two-bagger to left and came homo when Doc Silva again came through with clean wallop to center field. Kane again grounded out and Brandon again popped. prov ing some guys theory that history repeats itself.
 That finished tho scoring of the Barons, as. after a double play in thu seventh nipped a promising rally in the bud. Lefty Sigman went in and twirled the eighth with no more damage to the Bruins than two Barons left on base, and Fuhr fin- lshed the game by turning Shutter $ men back in order in the ninth.
 Bears Wake Up
 While the Barons were calling 1t a day and preparing to enjoy the fruit. of their victory. the Bears had onl, begun to play ball. scoreless unti the seventh, the Bruins went out ant clubbed in a few tallies themselves In the seventh. Flip Neun dropped>s throw to first on tho play for Mul. vey, first man up, and the Beer wal safe. Huhn popped to Nsun, bu, Rhino Williams sent . dinky single to center that advanced Muivey te second. Muivey travelled to thirt after Harper's catch of Niehoff's lons fly to right. and scored wher Schulte's weak bouncer took pat hop and landed on Taylor's shoulder for a single. Ellam grounded tc Neun, unassisted.
 Aside from walking a couple oi Bears, Red Bates passed-the eighth safely, but railbirds already wors yelling that Red had cracked. ant their premonition was correct. A pas, to Rhino Williams and . single bs Niehoff finished Bates In the ninth and Phil Morrison wont in. Schultt hopped on . Worry shoot with about 10 pounds of bludgeon. and doubles down the right field line. William. scored and Niehoff went to third Roy Ellam clouted one to right ant Niehoff scored. Schults taking third Henry, batting for Sigman, forced Ellam at second. but was safe at first when Stewart held back hil