The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-05
)N,S WIN FINAL GAME OF SERIES
EDWARD WELLS STOPS FAST FLYING CHICKS N BATTLE WITH JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH
Barons Stop Memphis In Final Game After Dropping First Two Of Series To The Tribesmen
B, staff Correspondent

u MEMPHIS Tenn, August 4.-N NSpe-
 cial. l.)-Left-handed MT. Edward Wells Hate of the Tigers, now of the Barons, but quetus on the uprising of the zChicks when his left arm proved more
 durable than the right of Johny Hol- 9lingsworth and the Chicks were beat
 .en ln the last half of the series, score s5 to g. However, the Chicks took two of the three games played. Up 9to today the rampant tribesmen had .@@wol eight of their last nine games at ':SRusswood. The game that started at e2:30 o'clock to allow the Chicks to scateh an early train for Mobile, was
 played under terrific heat. In the slatter. innings the players were al
 most staggering to and from the sdiamond. Bin Brennan, the ponder e.ous umpire, working behind the plate, Apparently effected by the heat,
 walked over to the press box after .the second out was. made by the
 Barons in the fifth inning. Bill sthought the side was retired. Sew 1eral of the players rema- ked after the i. game they had never felt the heat x so much before.
 sfHolIinEsworth strikes Out G.
 IiollmgSwoith aftc. starting oIt
 by striking out SIX batters in the first
 four innings weakened perceptibly in
 the seventh The Barons had scored stwo in the third they scored two fmore m the seventh and one in the seiShth. Wells. after holding the Chicks to -four scattered hts up to the eighth, began to wilt m that round when the
 Chicks got to him for three blows
 and started rally that fell two
 scores short.
 The Barons scored two in the third iwhen Brnusen ill double steal with stewart, stole home. Neun singled --and went to second on Hartford's sacrifice. Wells groundel to La sSMotte, who got Neun at third. Brau tse walked Stewart singled scoring sWells and putting Brausen on third. tand late to the plate and Brausen scored. Moore struck out for his
 second time during the came .s Barons Score Again.
 nS In the seventh with one out, Neun &aouDled and scored when LaMotte !, Abulled Herman off the bag on Hart &iord grounLer. Herman dropping sfsth bail alter an effort. Hartford r went to second on Wells out, to third Son Brdusen single and scored when ssStewart singled. In another at
 
 Stewart was run down by LaMotte. s.ln the eighth Moore tripled to right gcenter and scored on Robertson's isa- rilice fly to Wick. The Chick rally Sin the eighth staISed when Padgett sinSied with one out. It was q crash
 to right and the first lean hit off --ts N els. Camp went down swinging, '%prothero Warked, Lapan doubled the '~ center scoring Padgett and putting , Prothero on third. Taylor singled to ; c inter scoring Prothero and Tate running for Lapan was out on reck- less effort to stretch the hit into double.
 rom Rodgers, who batted for Hol- . lingsw orth, started the seventh, : pitched the last inning and Tate caught.
 Overlooking the important detail of touch' g first base deprived Sum- ter Clarke. Baron. of double with two out in the sixth. He hit one down the third base line and was easily safe at second. Herman called for the ball and Umpire Jordan 'called Clarke out for failing to touch first
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