The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-18

NINTH FRAME PROVES
UNDOING OF MORRISON
IN DUEL WITH BALLOU
Lookout Pitcher Wins Own
Game In Final Inning With
Sacrifice Fly That Scores
Nunnamaker

Joe Dunn rolled dice with Dame
Fortune Thursday and the naughty
madame laughed in unholy glee as
the Baron boss threw pair of aces.
Despite the juggling of his lineup
Dunn was unable to cash in vic
terry for Birmingham Thursday, and
the Lookouts made it two in a row
from the Barons. The score was
to 3.
These ninth innings at Fleetwood
are beginning to hold as much fear
for Baron railbirds as midnight for
a victim Of insomnia. They are sim
ply one nightmare after another OF
course. it's the law of things for
the Barons to pull the falling out of
led stunt on each nightmare, and
losing ball game or something.
Thursday was no different from
other days at Redwood recently.
The Barons played a good game and
should have won. but couldn't erase
that ninth inning. The score was
closer than usual, only one run sep
arating the Dunners from their foes
at the end of the struggle.
Phil Morrison was on the mound
for the Barons, and blame for that
defeat cannot be laid entirely on
Morry. The first two runs of the
Lookouts, scored in the initial
frame, were not earned. and had they
been eliminated from the scoring,
Morrison probably would have won.
O o o
Danny Hits Home Run.
Danny Clark = he of the heavy
bludgeon-cut aloose with lombard
ment of the cSrnfield outside the
park Thursday, when he clouted a
long home run over the rightfield
wall. That run put the Barons IN
the lead, 3 to 2, and by all rights
should have won the game for them.
Joe Dunn has shifted his lineup.
but when he shook EN- up and rolled
'em out, a pair OF aces-"snake eyes,
so to speak-gazed him full in the
face. True. he seems to have gotten
the best out of the boys that was in
them Thursday, but when Phil Nor
rison is pitching, it seems to be MOT
rvs luck that there isn't much in
the Barons a jinx ridden hurler he
seems to be. and no one familiar with
his record of hard luck losses this
year can deny that fact.
Sumpter Clarke continued on his
clouting way Thursday, with PIN
gle in the first frame that accounted
for two of the Barons' runs Dunn
has dropped Clarke down from lead
off to third man in the lineup, and
tho change worked very well Thurs
day
Clarke's Big Day.
Stump Clarkes pinch bingle, and
Danny Clark's home run gave Biz
mingham all three of their tallies.
1t seems to run in the family, both
of them, we mean, for the boys are
not in the least related.
Hindt started the game off in
rather alarming fashion, when he
clouted a two-bagger to left field.
Danny Clark dropped Cy Anderson's
pop fly over second, and Cy parked
on first while Hindt went to third.
Hindt scored on Wild pitch, Ander-
son going to second. J. Anderson
sacrificed his mate and namesake to
t.lird with bunt to Morrison, while
Leonard walked Hanger hit long
fly to left field that went for a sac
rifice. as Cy Anderson scored. Bates
hit one to deep center which Miller
managed to get under for the final
out.
The Barons clouted in two runs
off Ballou in the first frame also,
and Hartford sent him to third on a
single to center. Hartford went on
to second on the throw-in. 1t was
then that Stump Clarke came through
with clean wallop to center, scor-
ing both runners. Stump went to
second when Shay juggled his drive.
Miller forced Clarke at third and
Robertson flied out to right to end
the inning.
In the fourth inning, Danny
Clark. first man up, selected one
10 has liking and sent it scurryinG
over the right field walls. 1t was
a clean homer, and the third and fl
Look outs Tic score.
Hanger led the sixth frame with
a triple to right that had all the
earmarks of a home run. 1t was
terrific drive. and only fast fielding
by Miller held il to three bags. Bates
flied out to left field, and Hanger
scored after the catch. Nunnamaker
flied out, Shay walked and Ballou
grounded out to finish out the frame.
The game rocked along until the
ninth inning, with the score standing
at all. Nunnamaller led the frame
with his second two-bagger, which.
like his first, went to the right field
walls on drive Shay singled to
right and Nunnamaker went to
third Pitcher Ballou then won his
centorfield that went for sacri-
flee. as Nunnamaker scored after the
catch The next two men were easy
outs, but the damage had been done.
Ballou went back to the mound
With a grin as broad as a bayou, and
sent the Barons back to the bench
and to the showers by retiring the
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