The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-13
PHIL MORRISON CRACKS
IN NINTH AND KID S
PEBBLES TIE SCORE
Fatal Ninth Again Proves Un-
doing Of Joe Dunn's Men.
Threat In Two Final Innings
Fails To MaterialiZe


their festive carnival of evening in
the outfield pastures of Redwood
park saturday and the shades of
night were on the verge OF their
falling act as Umpire Doolan called
the Baron Traveller game on account
Of darkness, with the score standing
) and ).
The game had just completed its
tenth frame and the mocking birds
were literally twittering their
mockery Of the fate and the slip-up
tory in Saturdays game. and robbed
the burners of their second straight
win over the Travellers.
It's an old. old story, but Oft re-
told. is the manner in which these
Barons threw away that game Sat
urday afternoon. Up until the very
close. they were safely ahead, and
it seemed that no team OF ordinary
ability could lose. But the Barons
are a team of moods and Saturday
they were in reminiscent mood,
and just couldn't help bringing up
memories O. that disastrous 1922
campaign, when over 80 games were
lost in the ninth inning.
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Morry Breaks Down.
Phil Morrison was leading the
Travellers. to ., when the ninth
came, and then he cracked He had
allowed one run and had filled the
bases with none out, when waiter;
Stewart. one of the most effective
of the corps of Baronial hurlers, was
sent to the rescue. Before Walter
could drag the badly blistered and
SCARED ruins of the game from the
fire. the Travellers had tied the score
and the game entered its second in
the victory. The score was tied,
fancy, the tenth i1ning.
Stewart had saved the day, but not
and tied 1t remained. while the mock
in: birds fitted and pastimed la
the center garden, their sweet
notes of amused mockery pounding
ut the ear drums of Phil Morrison
and adding to his confusion.
1t was a hard one for the Barons
10 lose. but when a team wastes as
much time as the Travellers and
Barons did Saturday. anything II
liable to happen. Two hours and q
half were required for two husky
baseball teams to score ten runs,
play ten innings and finally wind
up with nothing to show for the
afternoons work except lot OF rain
checks.
From the first, it was evident that
Il would be a hard day for Phil Nor
,ison In the second inning, the
travellers hoped on him for three
elean wallops and two runs, all
,ney made until that miserable ninth
inning let-up by the Barons.
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Travellers Score Two.
To start the second. Smith sin
.led to center, and Hale followed
with a corking two-bagger to the
same territory. GislasSon grounded
out with no advance to the runners,
but Mayer slashed a hot one to CEN
ter for one bag and both Smith and
Hale scored. Morry frightened up
aud struck out both sturdy and Mar
berry.
Inc Harons waited until the fifth
tu get those two runs back. In that
iuuins Silva lost Miller's fly in the
WIND. ana Jake pulled up at second.
taylor POPPED hit through the in
iicId, anu Miller went to third. KoD-
eItson srouned to Banrimer. who
oo1gcd nome to catch Miller. Catcher
omi1n dropped the ball after tagging
his man. and Miller had scored. Tay-
.u, went to third. Meekin forced
Robertson at second. and Gislason
.nrcw home 10 Insure the holding OF
Taylor at third. smith dropI ed The
ball, and Taylor raced home i'll time
TO beat the catcher to the plate by
iHcnvs. Morrison popped out.
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BarOns Score Inrce.
The seventh saw the scoring of
-Hiue runs tor the Barons, and the
apparent sewing up of the game.
Miller led it off with a walk, but was
forced by Taylor. robertson tripled
to lett. and Taylor scored. Meekin
hit sacrifice lily to center, and
Eobby scored. Morrison hit triple
through Centerfieldcr Mayors legs,
and stump Clarke scored him with a
hit to left Hartford grounded out
to end the frame.
- The game rocked along until the
first of the ninth. and. as is usual
when the home team seems safely in
the lead, the Iailbirds deserted their
seats and advanced to the rails to
witness the last dying struggles of
the Travellers Those struggles were
mighty sturdy ones, as succeeding
events showed.
Smith led it off with a triple TO
right Meekin playing the ball poorly.
hale walked, and Gislasson uncorked
scratch hit through Neun, Smith
scoring. Mayer attempted to sacri
flee. but Morrison fumbled the ball.
and the bases were full. Sturdy
on the play. Graft, pinch hitting for
Brake, was hit by pitcheH ball and
the bases were filled agai
Walter Stewart relieved Morry at
this stage of the rally. 5soellers hit
sacrifice fly to left. and Gislasson
scored. robertson returned Clarke S
peg to Taylor in time to nab Sturdy
for the final out.
narons Fail in Pinch.
The Barons made noble effort TO
retrieve themselves in their half of
the ninth. but failed. Robertson sin
sled, was sacrificed to second. and S.
Clarke walked after Stewart, who had
relieved Morrison, had popped out.
With two on-Sunp had been walked
on purpose, to get to Hartford-Hart-
ford grounded out to first. and the
threat proved GroundlesS.
The Travellers got a man to third
in their half of the tenth. with one
out. but Stewart struck out one man
and caused the other to fly out.
In their half of the tenth, Neun
went to third for the Barons, but two
were out, and Tommy Taylor popped
out to left field
At this stage Umpire Doolan an
nounced that the game was called on
account of darkness, and the scold-
ing hooking, birds In center field
were given their park for the even