The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
HARTFORD'S SINGLE IN
NINTH BRINGS TO CLOSE
BLOOD CURDLING SCRAP
Walter Stewart HurlS Great
Ball And Leads Attack With
Four Safe HitS-Moore Gets
Homer With Bases Full

Thrills and features came so fast
at Fleetwood Friday that the fans
threw UP their hands and hol-
Tered. Stay, enough" When Walter
Stewart started pitching that ball
game and went six long innings with
only one half grown little hit
marked against them, they were as
full of thrills as an old maid of
goose flesh at a milestone contest.
When Eddie Moore, shortstop of the
Crackers, hit that home run in the
seventh inning with the bases full
and the score tied, they Topped back
in their seats and gasped for re-
freshmen. They stayed there until
the Barons put across four runs in
the eighth and tied the score, they
sprang from their Hopping positions
in their seats and clamored for the
scalp of the pessimist who said the
Barons couldn't play ball.
And then came the final shock Of
the day, the one that sent the fan
flock home on limbs that refused to
walk straight. with threats that
were parched and aching from loud
and continued shrieking, yelling and
screaming. Two men were out and
Walter Stewart was on second Hart
ford, who had been playing a great
game at shortstop, came to bat and
crashed the first ball pitched to
right field, and the game little
home with the run that ended the
contest, one of the most blood
curd1ing Redwood has produced this
season.
Above are a few of the features re-.
that went to make the game the
thriller it was. There was others
mixed all the way through-Hke
seeds in a bale of cotton-and II
would be an almost impossible task
to recount the affair in every detail
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pfenninrer Off His Game.
When railroad engineer grows
old in the service, it is custo mary to
give him frequent eye tests. 1t Is
said. Well Dan Pfenninger is no
railroad engineer, bnt they say ne is
an umpire If he is. that fact
shouldn't bar them from giving him
occasional tests for eyesight Dan
has grown old in the service, and
oversights can be overlooked, put
when Dan kicks UP all the rumpus
he did Friday with his decisions, II
10 time someone put him to the red
or green" test.
Dan enraged both Barons and
+ Crackers alike Friday but IL must
he said to the credit of the fans that
they took it as home team snouio'
in a highly amused, indulgent man
ner Dan was whipping those de-
ctsions across from all angles. once
he thought he saw Flip Neun Ioot
gnat's hair off the bag, and the
nan went safe. Another time, he
80 certain he saw Hartford become
ghost or something and fade right
through the outstretched glove ana
hall of Cracker Herman, ana haIt-
ford was given his base. Again, Dan
was so certain that the bag altere6
IFS position to get in the way OF
MIXERS foot, who was clean off the
nath that ne called the Cracker
pilot safe. The Crackers and Bar
ons raved and ragged. the Iahs
i{owled and shrieked sarcasm at
: Pfenninger that would have made
hi1lv goat attack it's grandmother,
Int in the end Dan always won
for umpires have a habit Oh ooins
that. 49,,
It was a great game. any way you
x take ii. and the fans are asking no
better.
stewart Played 2 leading g & Role. 49,,
To Walter Stewart. game little
soutbnaw OF the Barons, must go the
bonore of the day After a bad de-
cislon had spoiled his no-hit game,
giving the Crackers their one blngle
in six innings, stewards support
cracked miserably in the seventh. ana
the bases became fined: Ihen calie
one of the two lone solid smacks OH
Stewart, a home run with the bases
choked. And Stewart seemed nope
lessIv in the mire, with a to l de-
cision against MIN.
stewart bore down, though, ana
shut 'em out the rest of the way,
and his virtue was rewarded. HIS
mates proved they were sorry when
thew tied the score up, ana later
on. Hartford, a chief offender among
the erring ones. came through win
the pinch bingle that won the game.
Stewart struck out seven OF the
Crackers, and allowed only flVe
we'll scattered hits. Only two were
real base hits, and 1t was unfortunate
for Stewards record that one or them
was solid home run with the
bases loaded.
B.rons Squeeze One Over.
The Barons squeezed across one
run in the fifth inning, ana that long
tally proved the margin OF their VIC
tory. Miller walked as a starter and
went to second on passes oall
Neun stopped at second when the
play was over, and went to thlrd on
Robertson's infield out. Walter stew
art then got his second hit OF the
day-he got four during the game
and Neun scored. Stuffy Stewart
popped out.
seventh inning, when the Crackers
put across their five runs in bunch
With one out Ring walked, and Skin
ner hit a bounder to Stewart. Neun
was off the bag, and Walter Stew
art couldn't cover the bag in time,
SO all hands went safe. Yockey flied
out to left field, but Hartford dropped
Miller's grounder, and the bases
were full. Burke, who later took
right field. as Skinner had pulled
tendon and had been relieved on the
bases by Dumont, hit hot one that
Stuffy Stewart managed to stop.
Dan Pfenninger thought Neun
stepped off the bag when he caught
the throw, and the man went safe.
Ring scoring. And then came Mister
Moore with a drive that got through
Goebel and scampered down the
grove. 1t was a home run, and the
four Cracker tallies looked like sheep
going through a hole in the fence
as they poured across the plate.