The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-26
NIEHOFF HITS HOMER
WITH BASES LOADED
Acosta Pitches Mobile to VIC
tory Over Fort Worth, and
Southern Leaguers Have
the Lead in Championship
Series

Mobile. September 25.-Mobile. PEN
nant winners OF the Southern league,
this afternoon climbed 70 within one
q game Of the much coveted champion
e ship If Dixieland by defeating Fort
Worth, winner OF the Texas league
pennant TO 2. 1t proved spec
tacular contest and the game supplied
two new heroes of the series. Jose
Aeosta. diminutiye pitcher, five feet
six inches in height and weighing
las pounds, and Manager Bert Me
hofH.
AcOsts's glory was achieved by his
humbling Of the sluggers from Texas,
who were stopped dead in their
tracks by the Cuban after the third
inning, when they made two runs.
Acostx walked Coombs, first man up.
Coombs was forced at second by
esars- Then calvo. Panther right
fielder, knocked a homo run.
Niehoff broke into the llmelight in
thu sixth inning by drying the ball
ovver the right center fence. The
baNes were filled at the time. 1t was
enc Of tho longest drives ever seen
IN Mobile
HFsbfEe Is Leading
against Fort worth's two. The teams
played a tie game last Saturday. The
tvvo teams, accompanied by large
Fort Worth delegation and a delega-
ton CT lacal fans, departed tonight
for Fort Worth, where th0y will re-
suane the series Wednesday. Should
Fort Worth win on Wednesday the
last game of the series will be play
cd on Thursday
fr-4ea
the Texas league and who has be-
come rather famous over Dixie
through his cieverness in throwing
~spitballs" past opposing batters,
was given q severe drubbtng by tho
Bears. Manager Atz yanked the big
hurler In the sixth inning following
Niehoffs circuit clout AS he walk
cd from the diamond, Wachtel threw
down his glove In disgust
While the attendance today was
only half of Sundays crowd, the
game kept the fans in frenEied ex-
citement Fort Worth and Mobile
fans never quit roofing for their
respective favorities Music from two
bands aided In keeping up the en-
tilusiasm-
Collection For Neihoff
A collection was taken up for Me-
hoff. When the silver and paper was
about filled with money.
Fort Worth came to Mobile last
Friday. Confident over their two
victories In Texas they expected to
wind up the series in the next TWO
games played. They even boosted
they would Cornered and apparently
hopelessly out of it, the Bears fought
hack out of four games played
here. Mobile won three and tied one.
In every contest here the Texans
jumped out in the lead But Mobile
Z fought back.
bruins score I'm Fourth
Mobile failed to score until the
fourth inning. Centerfielder Mulvey
singled sharply to right. Rhino
8 Williams advanced MuIvey to second
! on an fnfield out. Wachtel walked
Third Baseman Mullen. Emil HUM,
who has been quite factor in stop
ping the Panthers in lacing two balls
over the short right field fence,
lifted a two Dagger to right center.
Mulvey and Mullen scored. HUM adj
vanced to third on Tavener's error in
handling the relay ball from the out
field but was caught at the plate on
Y Catcher Bakers grounder, Tavener to
ssIiaworth Acosta ended the scoring
by going out from Hoffman to kraft.
The Bears added another run Ia
the firth inning. d. Williams beat
out an inflelu roller TO 1olALian.
Cueto sacrificed, Niehoff singled to
center and scored d. Williams.
WachteIs Downfall
Wachtels downfall came In the
sixth inning after he walked Mullen
for the second time. HUM hunted
and went safe on Haworths tumble.
Catcher Baker scored Mullen by
singing to center. HUM went to
second. Acosta hunted fly over
Waohters head which fell safe. but
wachtel recovered the ball and threw
HUM out at third. HUM thought
the ball would be caught and he ran
back to second to prevent a double
play. D. williams hit to short, fore
ing Acosta at second. Baker went
10 third. Cueto walked. filling the
bases. Niehoff hit the paii over
fence.
The game was delayed while the
fans participated in cushion and
hat throwing contest. Finally police
ana umpires cleared the playing field
and from then on the game was de-
void OF particular feature.
Atx's Last Effort
Manager Atz made his last effort
to win the game in the ninth inning.
As the Mobile band struck up. Amt
We Got Fun Phelan singled to right.
1avener, however. struck out. Ha-
worth went out from Niehoff to
HUM. Moore was sent into hit foE
Goodbrad He delivered by crashing
n long single to left field. sending
Phelan 10 third. Ross was substituted
for Moore on first. But as the last
strains of the band died away Null
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