The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02

coats in the old cedar chest for tn and begged Sol for more pressure.
 As per schedule. the White So1 management had it's stars In the hne- up, but be 1t known that since the inforced migration of the under-the- pillow boys there are about as lew stara on the Sox team as ono will find in the heavns on a blizzardy night Eddia Collins was there, Of course- the peerless Eddie of former world series days. And Amos StrunK' ene ancient, and Hooper were in ths dens, with the redoubtabls Ray Schalk behind the plate.
 Hodge on Mound.
 A familiar figure was seen on .ue mound for the Sox throughout lhe game. shovel Hodge, who is nov White sox regular, and who formeIiy showed 'em across the plate in thu old T. c, I. league and later went to th. Nashville Vols, was the SoN slabman for the entire nine innlnks' Shove seems to have grown meh'~iiy and physically since donnins DIS league suit He looks near the sevon fooI mark in altitude, and has picked m boise and bearing, wnicn no wears gracefully since WonAhS year for a major league pail . Uu Shove kept the Barons near the as nocket-on the hip-throughout' anu vas never in any real danger-except catching eroup, cold, pneumonia, or whateyer it is that fellow e@poses himself to, when he gets out Tn \ fri9id atmosphere with very ie" clothes on.
 Meeker starts Game.
 Roy Meeker, the heart-sided heavsr, started the game for the LOCALS anu for the four innings he decorated 'ne slab he offered good brand or enu ing, except in the ehird when ne nSp nened to groove one at the wrong tin,e and when he committed the un- nardonabie pitching sin-A osik' After Row had worked for quartet of frames, Bill Statham, former Ma shyille hfreling, spent four innings convincing Moley that his good rlent arm was as good as 1t ever was. Bili' howeyer. was scored on in the siNtn ana eighth. and in the final frame Railroad Nichols, another heart-sioer' went in and worked for an inning
 Hooper in Limelight.
 Gettine down to an analysis or tne 9an,a from a feature standpoint, one couid not possibly overlook the fact mat Harry Hooper pulled Roy Gardiner or Tooter Brandon in tnc seventh. when Toots sent a terrific vallop to right near the fence. Hoop .r made one-handed running eaten of Brandon's drive and nearly proke Tooters heart on the deal TOT looked like a sure-fire eXtra-nAse nit that would score Burkett from flrst; This freak catch. and couple Of homers by Hooper and Sheely were the outstanding features.
 Aside from looking at the DIE leacuers in action. the fans wanted ,o see how Moley's team looked ana they didn't go away from the psrN dis.ati.fied. The brilliant spot was at first base, where Johnny Neun IS hanging out. The Marylander is s flash. and there's no getting around that fact He was all over the ter ritorv like a one-ni ght stand drum n,ar ard sven caused the Sox players to marvel at his brilliant fieioins' Neur looked better than Sheely on inc first bag Saturday, and also dem onstrate6 the fact that he could hit, when he pounded the pill for .SSS average for the afternoon. He was up four times, walked once and made Shove Hodge duck In the sixth, when he hammered one of the hardest mt liners of the game through the pltcn- CTS box Clarke, in tho sun garoens' also showed to advantage, and BurK- ~, ,t short looked after his territory in capable fashion, and was credited with a couple of swats, being the only Baron to register more than one safe blow off Hodges delivery.
 sox Score in Second.
 The teams battled the first frame on A o-o basis, but tho Sox came through with Il tally In the second and won that round by shade. After sheely had flied out to center field
 ID C6h a skyscraper to right. which Harry Harper should have caught in his hip pocket Harry. however, lost the ball as 1t bumped into stray radio cur rent and it fell safely, going for three bags. Hodge played third in hand with a sacrifice fly to the west porch in left and Schalk cantered home Johnson beat out an infield hit, but was begged out by Robertson, when he attempted to steal second.
 Hooper Gets Homer.
 In the third, Harry Hooper shat tered all preseason etiquette, when he lifted the ball over the right field wall Harry should have remeni- bered that such stunts aren't being done this time of the year. After Me- Cie,lan had flied out to left Eddie Col lins drew a pass and Hooper came up. He leaned gently into the ball but his swing carried the power to de-park the agate just outside the right field fence. this blow netting a couple of counters. Strunk followed with a single over second and went to third on Mostirs single. The lat ter then tried steal of second and Meeker whipped the ball In an effort to pick him off. This started Strunk for home and general tossing around of the ball occurred. After 1t was over Umpire owens ordered each runner to advance on c balk. sheely and Schalk went out and the inning ended.
 The Barons opened the third like they intended getting some of these four tallies back. Burkett led off with single. and Robertson followed suit Meeker. however forced Rob ertson at second, while going safe on . fielders choice. and Doc Silva hit into . double play, Collins to Sheely.
 Barens, Lone Tally.
 After the Sex had failed to scsrs in their half of the fourt. cfs Barons