The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-18
Gro wd Of 12,OOO Sees
 Pate Blank the Bears
Three Mobile HurIers Unable to Hold Hard-Hitting Pan- therS in Check-Hoffman Hits Homer With Two on Base
By Associated Press

Fort Worth, Texas. September IT. The Fort Worth Partners. cham pions of the Texas league for three seasons, defeated the Mobile Bears, standard bearers of the Southern as sociation, in decisive fashion in the first game of the series for the base- ball championship of the southland before crowd estimated at 12O0O at Panther Park here this afternoon. The score was g to and largely re- fleets the relative class exhibited by the two teams. as Fort Worth clearly outplayed, out-batted and out-fielded their opponents.
 To Joe Pate, premier southpaw of the Texas league and pitcher hero of the 1921 series with Memphis. belongs the major share of the credit for the victory. The sterling left handler held the rephted hard-hit- ting Bears to four scattered singles two of them infield scratches and allowed only two -Alabamaians to reach second and only one man to get to third. He struck out four batsmen, issued but two bases on balls, and had Mobile batsmen com - pletely at the mercy of his fast breaking curves. He was given fine support, especially by Shortstop Tavener, although Mobile hit few balls hard enough for the Partners to star on the defense.
 Hoffman on Rampage
 Pate, however, must share the glory with Ed Hoffman, Panther second sacker, whose hard and timely hitting was largely responsible for Fort Worth's top-heavy score. Hoff- man made home run, double and base on balls in three trips to the plate.
 Mobbile used three pitchers, Fuhr being the only one to show any de- gree of effectiveness against the Partners. He gave way to a pinch hitter in the eighth. Charley (Steam- boat Fulton, the Mobile veteran. started for the Bears and displayed right off that he had little with which to fool Panther batsmen. He disposed of Coombs, but Sears laced a single to right. Denny Williams made a good catch of Calvo's fly and Fulton gave Clarence Kraft, "Babe Ruth of the Texas league four balls, although it did not appear to be an intentional pass. Hoffman then electrified the crowd with terrific drive into the right field bleachers, scoring Sears and Kraft shead of him. He hit the first ball pitched. Phelan fouled out.
 Fulton Knocked Out
 Fulton got by the second inning. but the Partners went for him again ir the third. driving him from the mound. Sears made his second single. hard drive which Niehoff could not handle. Calvo hit into the crowd in right field for two bases. Lefty Fuhr replaced Fulton and hit~Kraft. fill ing the bases. Hoffman doubled to center, scoring Sears and Calvo. Kraft scored on Phelan's sacrifice fly to Rhine Williams, but Hoffman in at- tempting to reach third. was out. Fuhr to Mullen. In the seventh Coombs sent a home run over the left field fence. Pope batted for Fuhr in the Ieighth and Tavener made a fine play \pn his grounder.
 Jose Acosta, Cuban, replaced Fuhr in the box and the Partners got two runs. Hoffman walked and went to third when Leathers threw wild to second after fielding Phelan's erounder Tavener doubled to left, scoring Hoffman. Phelan was caught