The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-05

The SotteSt or things won | last forever, and those Bruins of Bert Niehoffs finally managed to win a , ball game from the Barons at Rick . wood this week. Stuffy Stewart s men continued their jinx over the champions in the morning game . Wednesday. and forged ahead in the ] latter innings for to victory. Tn the afternoon, however, the Jinx had gone. carrying with him Baron ial pep, and the Gulf Coasters swept over the Barons, to o, as an aveng- ing tide would submerge a sand bar that has baked it's waves long enough.
 The Fourth was halved Wednesday. but the Barons are still considerably up" on the Bruins In fact. the se- iies has been assured, for Stuffy' s men have won three games and the Bears single victory. Thursday will see the closing ont of the series at Rickwood.
 Redwood park was seething cal dron itself Wednesday, During the day prohal / as many people saw the Barons and Bears battle IS rounds to draw as paid to see Jack Dempsey pound Tommy Gibbons to exhaustion, but not submission, at Shelby, Mont, for several thousand railbirds saw each game. some stayed throughout the day for table d'hote lunches were served for those who had the appetite and the price.
 The morning game was regular 2 old fashioned giant firecracker- since it is appropriate to speak in tepms of the Fourth, we'll call it a ffrecracker-while from Baronial standpoint, the second game was llt- tie more than the faint sparkling Of a firecrackerless fuse. The Barons played great baseball in the morn ing. took their noon nap, and failed to wake up in time for the second af- fair. It was easy Nor the Bears to steam roll over the prostrate forms of the slumbering Barons in the aft ernoon
 First Game.
 The Rarons won the first game in thrilling manner, when two of the veterans of the outfit cracked out home runs that sent four runs trick ling across the plate, and the Barons to a to win over the Bears. In the sixth inning, arter the Bears had scored their sixth run and were lead ,4ng to ,, 5,.Manager Stewart walloped one down the groove with two men on base. and gave his hirelings mar gin enough to win the game. Danny Clark, another Baron veteran, fol- lowed suit in the next frame ana hit the ball over the right field fence for another home run, tying anotner knot in the bag that was holding the victory for the Barons.
 Walter Stewart who pitched the first game for the Barons, was off to a poor start when the Bears scored five runs off his delivery. D. Will Hams started it with slnSle' put was forced by Cuto. Mulvey single1 and Huhn singled, scoring Cueto. Marriott singled, scoring MulNey. 6uhn was caught at the plate on Zeider's infeld grounder. Niehofi then hit drive over the right fleld wall that scored Bert and his two men ahead of him. stewart stuck with the Bears, however and re- tired the side when he struck Acosta out after walking Hungling.
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 Bnrons Win Uphill.
 The Barons started an uphill bat tle in the first inning to catch those Bruins. In the first inning they scored two runs. stump Clarke singled. but was forced by Stuffy Stewart. Neun doubled to right, sAnding Stewart to third. GoebeI singled to center, scoring both Stewart and Neun. Milner hit into d double play when Sigman reheVeo
 Tn the next frame, the Barons scored three runs and tied the count. Yam. Walter Stewart and stump Clarke all got singles, filling the bases Stuffy Stewart forced w. Stewart at third, but WhiteniH' run ninr for Vann, scored on the play. l;oebel then singled cleanly through short scoring Stump Clarke and Stuffy Stewart. Those three runs fled the score for the Barons, and the two teams battied on even terms until the sixth. when the game was temporarily lost by the Barons' then dragged from the fire
 In the sixth, the Bears scored a run and took the lead, to 5. Zeider's g triple was followed shortly after by Sigmans two-bagger, his second clean hit of the game, and accounted for a run for the Bruins
 In their half, the Bears came from behind again, went into the lead and never were headed. With Robert son and Walter Stewart on base, as the result of an error and hit, respectively, Stuffy hit a home run down the groove so far that he didn t have to hurry to beat the throw home. It was a great wallop. and meant three runs and victory for the Barons.
 In the seventh. Danny Clark brought the score to its final stand ing when he hit a home run over the right field wall, and wound up the scoring.
 AFTERNOON GAME
 After taking three straight games from the Bears at Redwood park by great exhibitions of ball playing. the Barons slackened their pace Wednes-