The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
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Pete BrouSen Leads Attack Of BaronS With Three Clean HitS-WhitehiII Has One Bad Inning
By MAO

There are days when ball club is "wrong," and there are days when a team is right" There are days when a club just can't seem to get It's hits through the opposition, when their hardest drives scoot exasper- atingly into enemy hands. Then, Then, there are days when every thing goes right, when even weak taps manage to trickle through the defense of the foe, when in every pinch somebody seems to just natur- ally walk out and hit the ball on the nose.
 Well, Saturday was one of those days when the Barons were right" and they defeated the Tribesmen of Memphis, to 8. In every pinch there was a Baron on the job with a bat that just couldn't miss the ball, and pinch hitting enabled Stewart s men to even the two-game series with the Chicks.
 HI Fowlxes was on the mound for the Chicks, and he managed to get along very well until he allowed him self to get in a hole. Then some- body cracked out a hit, and it was all up for Hi. The Barons found him easy after that first run had been scored, in the fifth inning.
 Earl Whitehiu chunked 'em across
 
 by the Chicks right manfully except in two innings. In one, the fourth he had his worst time of the after noon, and allowed the Chicks three runs. In his other bad inning, the ninth, Whitey allowed the bases to become filled with none out, but he struck one batter out, and caused another to hit a slow bounder that resulted in a double play.
 It was a wee mite of a man who led the attack of the Barons, the tiniest of the clan. Little Pete Brausen came to bat in three pinches, and twice he came through with bin- gles that resulted in runs. Brausen cracked out three hits Saturday, one two-bagger to centerfield.
 The Chicks were helpless before Whitehill except in those two in nings. They secured six hits in those two frames, and only three for the other seven. Meanwhile, the Barons were hitting Fowlkes quite consist entity and scored in each of the last four innings.
 The patched up lineup of the Chicks, which worked like a charm for the Memphians in the first game of the series Friday, was unable to do much Saturday. In critical mo- ments, the substitute Tribesmen were prone to boot the ball, too, which further added to the successes of the Barons.
 TribesmenAs only Damage.
 All the real damage done the de- livery of Whitehin by the Chicks came in the fourth inning. The scalped the foe four times before Whitey finally chased 'em back to the reservation. With one out, La pan hit a two-bagger to center fled. Rogers hit to center, sending La pan to third, then followed his mate up by stealing second, Lamotte cracked a nice one to left field, and two runs poured across the plate. Lamotte took second on the throw in. Sedwick groundedout, and La- motte went to third. Then Tate beat out a miserable little tip in front of the plate for a hit. steal was started by Tate, who was caught off first by Whitehill, then Lamotte lit out for home. Hartford threw the ball away, and Lamotte was sare with his stolen base at the plate, Tate going to second. Whitehill struck out Fowlkes to end the rally. Brausen Starts BarOns off.
 A nice pinch hit by Pete Brausen in the fifth inning showed the Bar ons that they really were right" and enabled the men of Stewart to score their first run. Neun was safe at first when Fowlkes plopped him in the ribs on the plat at first after Flip had bunted. Neun stole second. Hartford popped and Whitehin tiniest of the clan, came up and stepped into one for a clean bingle to left field. Neun scored easily. . while Brausen went to second on the play. Stewart grounded out to end the rally.
 The Barons scored another one In the sixth. Miller led off with two-bagger to center, went to sec ondi on Robertson's infield out, and scored on Clarke's drive to center for a single. Goebel forced Clarke at second, but went to second when Padgett threw wild to first trying to complete a double play. Neun flied out for the final out.
 The old bfngles continued to mate rialize in the pinches, and the men of Stewart tied the game up and went two to the good in the seventh. Hart ford led off with a hit to right, and went to second on wild pitch. Whitehill struck out, but Brausen singled to center, sending Hartford to third. Stewart hit hot one to Lapan, who was handcuffed by the ball. Lapan recovered himself, and threw the ball away in a belated ef- fort to catch Hartford at the plate. Brausen went to third and Stewart to second on the error. Miller popped out, but Robertson slashed a beauty back of third base for a clean base. Brausen and Stewart scored with the runs that sewed the game up for the Barons. Clarke forced Robertson at second.
 The Barons scored another in the eighth, bringing the score to to 8, at which it finally stood. With one out, Neun beat out a bunt to Fowlkes. He ctole second, then took third when Fowlkes threw to centerfield trying to nip Neun off second. Hart ford singled to left, and Neun scored. Hartford stole second, and went to third after Sedwick had snagged Wynn Whitehilps long fly to the shadow of the right field walls. Brau- sen flied out for the final out.
 The Chicks threw a scare into fan dom in the ninth inning when, after yRobertson had dropped foul fly from Lamotte's bat. the Chick singled Then Babe Herman, batting for Sedwick. also singled, and Tate walked, filling the bases. But Me Grew, batting for Fowlkes, struck out, and Camp hit into a double play Stewart to Hartford to Neun.
 The Barons are idle Sunday, but open a three-gam series 1t Atlanta Monday.
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