The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-27
.WHITEY HOLDS BEARS
 TN FIRST-STEW ART HIT HARD IN SECOND
Browns Win First Game On Whitehill's Single In Ninth. Robertson Hits Home Run In Second Game

MOBILE, Ala, June 2b.-MoblleS champion Bears and "Stuffy" Stew arts Birmingham Barons battled through four hours of play here this afternoon to dog fall, the up stater's grabbing the first end of a twin engagement when Earl Whitehill southpawed the Bears to a to 1 beating, while the champs nosed out an to ' victory in the latter end of the double barreled . affair.
 4 Whitehill and James, both south paws, fought out well hurled pitch Ing struggle In the first game, the former deserving the decision as he was much more effective than his opponent. However, it looked for a time as if the Baron southpaw would lose by the narrow margin of one run, but his mates came to his res cue in the eighth to tie it up and then rallied in the ninth to win.
 Mobiles lone run of the first game was scored in the second inning and was manufactured on Huhns single, sacrifice and Marriotts S one-base belt. Fhe Barons hit James consistently but without run making success until the eighth when they tied the count after two men were down. J. Stewart beat d slow roller along the third base line and raced home with the tieing marker when Neun turned in his fourth hit of
 
 right field foul line Then came the ninth and victory for the Barons. Danny Clark led it with a two-base wallop against the right field boards. Milner bunted and went safe at first when James fumbled the ball and Clark went safe at third. Hartfords s fly was gathered in by Denny Will Hams whose good throw held Danny at third. Robertson was then pur- posely passed to get to Whitehill. hn scented the insult and promptly whaled a single past second to score two runs. A double steal counted another, but it mattered not, the two runs driven in by Whitehill was a suffciency for the Barons to win as the Bears were helpless in the ninth.
 Slugging Match.
 The second game was an old fashioned slugglng bee with the two teams trading walbops in almost every stanza. The contest started with Joe Acosta and Walter Stewart as opposing hurlers but before the end of the contest rolled around Stewart and Acosta had both de- parted Morrison and Bates getting a finger into the pie for the Barons while Lefty Sgman relieved Acosta.
 Mobile took the lead in the first when singles by D. Williams and
 
 another single counted two tallies. The Barons got one back in the sec pnd on Stump Clarke's single which Rhino Williams let get away for three bases. and a sacrifice fly. The Barons took the lead in the third. vann singled; Milner went in to run for him when the second string catcher pulled up lame. Stewards sacrifice moved Milner to second and he scored on Stump CIarkes tremen- ...i.. followed across the plate moment later on squeeze play. J. Stewart laying down perfect bunt.
 Bears Tie Again.
 The Bears tied it up in the third on D. Williams double and single by Cueto. They then went to the front in the fourth when Marriott walked, Niehoff singled, Hevings s sacrifice and a sacrifice fly. The Bears made the score to by SCOT Ing another run in the fifth on Huhn's two-base hit, sacrifice and Bill Marriotts single.
 The Barons tied it in the sixth. J.. Stewart singled as start and Neun followed suit. Goebel also singled scoring Stewart. Neun taking second Danny Clarke fouled. out and, Moore forced Goebel at second. A double steal was started and went through for two runs when Manager Niehoff threw wild past third.
 Then came the seventh, when the Barons took the lead as Catcher Robertson sent a long drive over the right field wall. This looked like a ball game for the Barons, but the Bears won in their half of the sev- enth by scoring twice. MulVey, first up, singled off Morrison. who had relieved Stewart. and then Huhn rapped out his second double, Null vey scoring Long was sent in to run for Huhn and took third on a sacrifice, scoring with the winning run when Marriott walloped what would have been good for an extra base hit had 1t been needed.