The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
By FUZZY WOODRUFF

Atlanta, Ga. June 24.-(Special)- More people saw less baseball ex- tended over the greatest period of time yesterday at Ponce Deleon park than ever before in the history of the national pastime. or at least with which the writer is familiar. The Crackers won the first game, 7-2, without extending themselves. The Barons won the second conflict. 10-0, without effort. The only things notable about the occasion were the day and the crowd. The baseball weather was superb and the crowd was magnificent. Both de- served more baseball.
 Hit 'Em. Fuzzy
 This isn't any lambasting of the Crackers Bill Rariden's cohorts did not look a bit worse than Mir. Moles- worths minions. Molesworth Is sup posed to have ball club capable of holding its own in the first division in the Southern league. Small won- der then that In the past year Char ley Frank and Mike Finn have passed into the beyond. Those two old war horses, who knew the Southern league when it was a league. would have been glad to die at any time when a team played ball like the Barons did yesterday could stay, not in the first division. but in the cir cuit.
 And still the crowd was out there in numbers that made the turnstiles click and the jolly dollars roll in to the treasuries of both the Crackers and Barons. That's all baseball is for anyhow, so>everybody ought to be satisfied.
 Still the crowd pays to be amused and maybe if there were some old timers present they were amused, when they didn't feel like weeping. But generally the crowd was leth- argis and dull. It seemed just as laden with hookworms as the ball players
 Funny Dosenst Like Elm
 Petty remarkable pa 8 m 1 n g |, though, at that. It was the first time Tn more than 30 years of watch ing baseball that I saw two profess sional teams play without looking on an athlete that promised some thing. Out on that field yesterday there wasn't a ballplayer that is go- ing to go up, I'll bet my shirt on that. If any of those ballplayers go up, why the major leagues have gone back as far as the southern. which Is saying whole lot.
 Through fifteen and one half in- sngs not a situation arose that called forth cheer. I sat next to Doc Auten, probably tho most rabid fan once. He did a lot of cussin, but no handclapping. There was never any competition.
 One F1ashy Play
 There was never any brilliant play. The one occasion when fn- terest was aroused was when Hook was nabbed between their base and home when a squeeze play went wrong and then outbooted the Baron third baseman across home plate.
 He executed this play in flashy style and made the Baronial third uaksr look like Heinie Elm, who once prepetrated the same play in pinch fin a world series. There was plenty of slow thinking. several mis- Judged balls and the most miser- able throwing from the outfieid I have ever seen. Outside of that, the contests were replete with interest.
 In the firsa game. the Crackers got away to a lead in the first inning. and were never headed. In the second game. the Barons got away to a lead in the first inning and were never headed. And nobody seemed to care.
 I can't see how in the dickens any body could possible be interested in reading the details of such pastim- ing. Box scores are attached for the edificatlon of those with statistical minds.