The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-24
DOUBLE PLAYS PREVENT
PEBBLE RALLIES FROM
BEING FATAL TO BATES
GoebeI Cuts Loose With Three
Clean Hits, While Stump
Maintains Mark

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May rs
Especial. )-Joseph Dunn's Blrmlng-
ham Barons double played Norman
Elberfelds Little Rock Travellers out
of ball game this afternoon at hav-
anaugh field, 4 to 2. Joseph's Barons
executed four double plays, which
kept Norman's Travellers from get
ting a run across the plate until after
the Barons had three of their own.
No Traveller hit into double play IN
the eighth inning and the TraVelers
scored two runs, but the Barons or
Birmingham scored another in their
half of the ninth and the game was
securely theirs.
All of those double plays enabled
Fred Bates TO get pitching decision
over three young pitchers the klu
fired at the Barons. Red dldn |
pitch any better baseball than the
little Rock trio. but he pitched IN
far better luck. Singing drives made
off Reds" pitching went straight
into the paws of Birmingham tleld-
ers. while the Travellers put their
pitchers in bad in the two innings In
which the Barons got their lead.
The kid started Dewey Brake and
Dewey probably would have finished
IL stump Clarke's line drive to left
FIELD in the first inning had been
fielded instead of allowed to go tor
q three-base hit. That one slip gave
the Barons two-run lead and Dewey
was relieved after four innings by
Young Kyle Graham. the other boy
from Alabama. Kyle pitched four in
nings and allowed one run, which was
the result of another luck triple,
when Sam Mayer tried a shoe string
catch ana the ball got away from
him. Hal Mccall pitched the last In
ming and wouldn't have been scored
upon II Claude Robertson hadn't re-
in M
stepped over the plate to sock
pMch-ou for a single, driving in
run.
BnYons start Early.
The Barons got a. break right off
the reel, "Stuffy" Stewart getting a
base on balls as the first man up.
Hartford grounded to Sturdy and was
out at first. Clarke slammed liner
to left that probably would have been
handled for a put-out if frankie
Zoellers had been out there, but
Frankie was on the bench nursing a
twisted ankle and Issy Bandrimer
was the left fielder. Issy made a
noble effort to do his full duty as an
outfielder. but he misjudGed the
drive, and. instead of cutting back
for it, he ran in and it sailed over his
head. Stewart scored and Clarke got
to third Danny Clark was thrown
out by Gislason. but Goebel dropped
a single in left which scored Clarke.
The former Washington Senator was
caught trying to steal.
The Travellers did nothing in the
first. but in the second they started
the Barons off on their string OF
double plays. Mayer scratched hit
in front of the plate, but was doubled
at second when vann struck out on a
hit-andrun play.
sat O o O
Hartford Saves Dny.
With one out in Little Rocks hall
of the fourth, Bandrimer hunted for
a hit and Holden singled to right
sending Issy to third. Mayer got cpe
on the nose, but he drove the ball
straight into Hartford's hands and
Holden was doubled off first. That
was the only time that Traveller con
nected solidly in the pinch. and that
drive brought disaster. The Barons
got another in the sixth with Graham
pitching.
Hartford drove low fly to short
right center and Mayer tried to
make the catch. He missed and
Hartford went to third. Stump Clarke
lined out to Sturdy but Dan Clark
hit long fly to Holden and Hart
ford scored after the catch.
Another double play stopped the
travellers in their half of the sixth
with one out Gislason singled and
was doubled by a brilliant play