The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
MORRISON'S POOR LUCK
CONTINUES, AND TRIBE
WALLOPS HIM IN LAST
McGraW TWirIs Great Ball
After Early Innings, And
Barons Are Turned Back
Only Two Runs

Fortune sometimes smiles on
man, and sometimes she literally
shrivels his soul up with the bitter
ness of her frown. One could hardly
say that the tickle Dame feels IS
badly as that towards Phil Morrison
but undoubtedly she holds a slight
grudge against the tall right-hander
of the Barons these days.
Thursday, the Memphis Chicks
finally succeeded in winning a ball
game from the Barons, after drop
ping three straights. 1t was the
final game of the series, and the
Dobbmen found no difficulty what
ever in nnexing the verdict, to 3.
It's the inevitable in baseball that
somewhere, sometime, the worm will
TURN. Even the best sometime lose to
the worst, and Birmingham has
far from the best and Memphis far
! from the worst. it was almost a
foregone conclusion that the Chicks
three straight. And that's where the
first bit of hard luck comes in for
Morrison.
To be chosen as moundsman in a
game that is conceded lost in curb
stone circles before it is played is
mighty hard on pitcher who had
previously lost two straight games
by one run margins. But Joe Dunn
tried to buck fate, and started one
of his genuine aces on the mound.
Phil was walloped, as result, and
gave way to Plateau Cox in the third
inning.
Morry Had Poor support.
Then, support that was so weak
and wabbly that the word should
have its meaning reversed in Web
Sters masterpiece, started Morry off
on his downfall AS a result of an
error actually committed and some
slow playing, the Chicks made three
runs off Morrison in the third. and
thereby had sewed the game up.
though they didn't realize it.
Plateau Cox went in, and was no
more effective than Morrison. BY
the time nine slow and lifeless in
nings had been literally dragged
from the systems of Chicks and
Barons. eleven runs had been scored
nine by the Tribe. two by the home
sters.
Joe Dunn's bingling Barons scored
one of their two runs in the first in
ming. Stump Clarke continued on his
hitting way by poking a single to
right to start the home half of the
first. Hartford grounded out to Nc
Grew-Dangerous Dan himself
while Clarke went to second. Neun
flied out to left, but Danny Clark
walked. Jake Miller singled to CEN
ter, scoring Clarke, while Taylor
ended the frame by whiting.
Morry Chased.
The third saw the ascension of
Chick stock and the descension OF
Phil from the mound. Burke tapped
to Hartford. who fumbled. and Jim
my went safe. He Immediately stole
second when the ball was juggled at
the keystone after Robertson's peg
Mcmillan flied out to left. but Pro
field hit to Danny Clark. Beck sin
gled to right, scoring Burke and
sending Prothro to third. WEEK
scored Prothro with a sacrifice fly
to left field. Camp hit two-b Dagger
down the groove. scoring Beck
Gleason walked and Lynn was hit
by pitched ball. filling the bases
and turning on the showers for Nor
rison. Plateau Cox went in. and
ended the rally by throwing out Nc
Grew at first.
In their half of that frame, Dunn's
men got their second and final tally.
Hartford was hit by one of McGrew's
fast ones. and took his base. He
went to second on Nouns infield out.
held that bag when Danny Clarke
popped up, but romped home on Mil
ler's sharp single to center. Jake
was thrown out attempting to steal.
Chicks Continue to Score.
From the third frame on. 1t was
there, with the Barons occupying "a
role similar to that of onlookers.
With two out in the fourth. Pro-
thro's single through the infield and
Beck's hard wallop to the right field
wall for two bags scored 'Prothro.
Wick whitfield for the third out.
The seventh saw the scoring of
the fifth and sixth runs for the
Tribe. Beck, who was proving a
very troublesome young man for
Cox, started it with a wallop to CEN
ter for one bag. Wick tripled to the
center field fence, and Beck scored
Camp popped up, but Gleason's sac
rifice bunt scored Wick. Lynn flied
to left.
In the ninth frame the Chicks put
across their final two runs. Pro-
thro, Beck. Wick and Camp all sim
gled in succession, scoring two runs
Wick was caught at the plate or
Gleason's grounder. On Lynn's
erounder, Tommy Taylor juggled
f:ercely and the Chicks scored their
third run of the frame. McGrew
struck out and Burke ended the rally
by popping to Danny Clark.
1t was due to the excellent twirl-
ing of McGrew that the Barons were
turned back. The tall, lanky ChicN
had the Barons at his mercy
throughout. while his fast one had