The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
WELLS MAKES DEBUT AS
 BARON, BUT PUNCHED HITS
 BRING ABOUT HIS DOWNFALL
Stewards Men Rally In Final Innings, But Fail To Tie Visitors By One Run

When man goes into another's s house, seizes his neighbor by the whiskers and playfully smites him, hip and thigh. it's pretty bad case. But when that same man does all that and gets by with it, the affair becomes ridiculous.
 That's what the Cracker of Atlanta did to his neighbor, the Baron of Birmingham, at Redwood park Mon day afternoon. Otto Miller's pastim- CTS cracked every law governing good behavior in another's house. and walloped the Barons in the opening game of the series, 8 to 2.
 It wasn't the score so mych and 1t wasn't the whipping that really hurt, for the Barons are used to that now, after about 13 defeats at the hands of the Crackers this year, with a single victory. But it was the mat dence with which the Crackers ad- ministered that flogging that filled the breasts of Baronial fans with smoldering resentment.
 Ed Wells, new southpaw, secured by the Barons from the Detroit locals. Ed didn't pitch such a bad game, either, but unfortunately all lowed some of the b1Rg,es off his delivery to be punched. Wells gave up only six hits, but some of them came together. and the coining into runs process was brought about. Du- mont. on the mound for the Crackers, was hit harder than Wells, but he was invincible in the pinches.
 Rushing The Eaters.
 Your sins will find you out" has been the warning from aQeS mast and today nobody realizes that fact more than the Barons of Birmingham There are sins and sins-intentional and unintentional-but the Barons committed a new kind Monday, when they continually jumbled their bat ting order up where Stump Clarke and Jake Miller were concerned The Scrlbes paid more attention figuring out who was batting first, Clarke or Miller Monday, than they did to the remainder of the game. In every case of a rushed batter. it result ed In misfortune for the Barons.
 The Crackers scored all their runs be1ore the Barons got one. In the thlrd inning, they put across one, when Moore struck out, Gu1on beat out bunt to third base. killinger grounded out to advance Guyon, and Barker cracked a slashing line drive to center that scored Guyon. Burke grounded ouc to end the frame.
 Inelr other two runs came in the seventh, the result of a terrific home run down the froove by Moore, With one out, Manager Miller singled Dumont sacrificed and Moore cracke d drlve to center field that went by Stump Clark and Ed Goebel like an express train by telegraph poles. Moore beat the throw home with yards to spare, and the final two runs of the Crackers had been scored. ai tf.in ,f actIy enough to beat the Barons, as later developments showed.
 MiIner Hits Home Run.
 In the seventh the Barons scored one. due solely to the efforts of Hoyt Milner, youthful utility man of the Barons. Milner hit drive down the groove that barely cleared Guyon's head, rolling to the fence for home run.
 The second and final Baron run was scored in the eighth. With one out, Stewart and Neun singled. Ed Goebel connected for a wallop to Neun to second. It was Jake Miller's turn to bat, but it was a strange Jake that advanced to the plate. Stump Clark-who must have been struck with asphasia, or something -batted for Miller, and hit into a uOuDle pldy, 4hOOIe tO U. SIdTk lO Barber.
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 Baron Rally FEyils.
 The Barons startled everybody in the park but the Crackers with a rally in the ninth inning that threat ened to tie the score. Jake Miller. who came to life in time to bat in Stump Clark's place, grounded out to start the frame. Pop Robertson hit a legitimate home run for any or dinary hoofed man down the groove or legitimate triple for the heavy footed Robby-but Burke, playing center for the Crackers, barely knocked the ball down after a long run, fell on his face, then scrambled to his feet in time to all but throw Robertson out at second. Then, with a man on second and only one out, the Barons flivvered, as they have done so many times in the past against the Crackers, when Milner grounded out and Whitehill, batting for Wells, followed suit.
 Danny Clark was playing against his former teammates, the Barons, but was able to do little to help the cause along. A rank decision on a third strike robbed him once, he struck out another time, and he popped out twice.