The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
By HENRY VANCE

Sumpter Clarke had pounded out . hit in the first game of the. Pelican-Baron double-header. his twentieth consecutive game to get at least one hit, and had been at bat three times in the second game when the eighth inning and darkness ar rived upon the scene. It looked like Sump's efforts to make 1t twenty one consecutive games were going in vain. Two men were on and two were out and the score stood 0-o. Stump took one mighty swing, drove the ball over wetzers head in left for a homer and three men scored the Barons grabbing the secono game 80 after having won the first S-t. It was a glorious day for Stump and the Barons too-the end of perfect day, so to speak
 The second game was all that the first one wasn't. The intial afiair was a slugging match, in which New Orleans used three pitchers in an at tempt to wjn-Martina. Bailey ana Walker in the order named; and the Barons tried out two before victory came. Red Bates held the enemy until the eighth in the first game anu then Lefty Whitehill stepped in With three men on bases and saved the day.
 Pitching Duel
 Tn the second affair Midget Matte som opposed Mammoth Morrison, and the diminutive New Orleanain had the better of the pitching duel from a standpoint of hits. He allowed but two for the entire game, while Big I'hiI was touched up for five, but the latter wasn't so free With bases on balls. Two passes in the eighth, followed by Clarkie's homer, proved Matty's undoing.
 Innumerab1e circus catches and enchanted stops by Stewart, Taylor. Tucker, Gilbert, ct al., furnished thrills a-plenty during each game, but these were so numerous and rurs were so plentiful in the first that we will on with the story in an attempt to recount how the scores were made.
 The Barons hopped off to one-run lead in the first inning of the initial struggle, when Clarkie led off with a single, went around to third when Martina knocked down Harper's grounder and threw wildly to first, and came home when Gilbert con- verted Tommy Taylor's sure hit into & sacrifice when Gilbert converted a sacrifice fly by a remarkable one handed catch.
 Dobb's men tied the thing up in the second inning on safe raps by Ewald and Smith.
 Tn the third it looked like the vis- itors might make a walk-a-way of tne affaif. when they scored three runs as the Birmingham outfield blew up. Dowie led off the inning with o-bagger against the walls in right and played Bogart's single safe by holding third. Gilbert shot line drive into right, and Harper muffed with fly to left. and Clarkie camped under it by a good run, but after getting both hands on the ball, muffed 1t and two men scored. Barons Stage Rally.
 Instead of hanging their heads in beaten fashion Joe Dunn had his men fighting for every inch of ground after that disastrous first half. Af- ter Bates and Clarke had started the inning wrong by registering a couple of strikeouts. the fireworks started. Stewart followed with a single and Harper beat out an infield tap. They effected a double steal, and then Tay- Tor crowned one for three bases to left field and Clarke and Stewart romped home. Taylor was brought home on Nouns one-ply wallop into right field, and this knotted the count Al.
 The Barons broke the tie in the fifth. They did 1t after two were down again. Harper singled and Taylor did likewise, the former nov ing over to third. They worked the double steal perfectly and run was the result.
 In the sixth the Barons jumped far ahead Base blows by Robert son, Achinger and Stewart and .