The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-16
CHICKS AND JOHNSON
BEAT BARONS IN HOT
BATTLE AT REDWOOD
Poor Decisions BY Umpire
Bring Shower OF Pop Bot
ties From BIeaCherS While
Neun Is Put Out OF Game
For Kicking

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It's a dull day that doesn't bring
forth excitement at Redwood en-
tirely out of the ordinary path of
baseball Friday afternoon the Chicks
of Memphis, minus the leadership of
Johnny Dobbs, who was called home
on account of Illness of his wife,
went out and dubbed in Z TO 3
victory over the Barons and evened
the series with Stewards men.
The Chicks were minus the serV-
ices of Johnny Dobbs, but they vera
decidedly plus those of "Steamb oat"
johnson, the umpire, and thereby
hangs the tale of Fridays unusual
happening.
Johnson-wtth his whimsical side
kick, Mister Doolan-had steamed
about the Wood all afternoon. With
= Doolan performing various little an
tics behind the plate. johnson did all
the steaming on the bases He
steamed up so thoroughly once or
twice that he cooked tine goose for
Birmingham, and the raflbirds first
started yelling when the steam be-
came warm.
Then. as matters became warmer
and warmer all that steam turned
aloose by the festive Steamboat
caused an explosion, and the wrath
of the fans and of one Flip Neun
Baronial first sacker. was turned in
all its fury on Johnson. The result
was an old-fashioned pop bottle
shower in favor of Johnson, and the
election from the game of Neun by
Steamboat
The Shower.
The luck of the innocent and vir-
tuous pulled johnson through with
out injury, and even the police were
not needed to quell the disturbance.
A hundred or more bottles We're
thrown at Johnson, but he was not
hit directly, although one bottle or
two did bounce up' and thud against
The particular decision that blew
the safety valve came in the seventh
inning. The bases were full and two
were out. Flip Neun, hit a SLOW
grounder to shortstop, and Lamotte
made the play for Neun at first, base.
1t seemed TO the fans and others tnat
even a regular steamboat-the kind
with oaken sides and putting smoke
stacks-could have seen that Neun
beat the throw a foot or more But
steamboat" Johnson had steam in ms
evesMor something like that--and
called Neun out. And then the run
began. Before 1t was over, Neun cut
loose with a line of repro&ch that
would have melted Vulean1s heart.
Johnson's heart. like tinfoil, seemed
tn become hard under fire, for ne
chased Neun from the game and
turned a derlsive back on the shower
of pop bottles coming his way:
Finally matters were cleared up anu
the game resumed.
Barons Get Short End.
The Barons suffered two or three
times at the hands of the umplres'
and undoubtedly would have scored d
few more runs than they dld II they
had been given an even orcaK Oh
the close ones. -. ,.,,,,ct,
FRIDAY. but their T. n t. might as
vii have been face powder, from
the good it did Three nome iuhS1
was their offensive offering, ana az
they were capable of doing was seoI-
ing three runs. MOI one iioI.iSl The
with men on base, and Wheh nc
parons were on the hassocks, there
wasn't even a little sacrifice lily IN
the offing. .aro
Fin Neun was something OF nero
as well as martyr-ih addi.
nroceedings at Fleetwood. In audi,
tion 10 being the one worst scalueu
Nv Steamboat" Johnson's excessive
steam. he was the greatest oli eltuS
AGAINST Chick twirlers. Emp hhoehSu
Two very nice and very c4eah no4ii1
rms during his abbreviated stay ~
iuHS 80 In the first inning, Neun
Nv one 10. deep center field ana caing
j., home standing up. In the I'M
frsme he hit another violent drlNe'
tbie time to left, and didn't nave 10
slide. as he made the circuit; .h.
e;umn Clarke clouted out the otneI
home run for Stuffy stewart ileH
~ cam4, in the fifth inning, ana wa
a long running wallop down e
srooye. stump also came III se@'iO
ing up.
Three Hon,ers
Trosa three circuit swats eonsu-
tuted Birmingham's greatest 49,
sive. There was NOBODY On
either time, which held the Nalue u
the limit smashes to aDsolu'e pa ,or,e
on the other hand the NlicHs W., 49,
oorhininas their hits with BaFohiai
and umpiratorial errors, rhev
,.an runs for their victory. my
seN en- ~, e.eered the Barons TO death
Nv ~ tbejr fourteen bingles Went
as 80 bases. which proves tha'
TOT - ran heat three tours any day
in the week. .t,b one ont.
- and Prothro doubled IN SUI
cSssion. scoring Camp with the -
S',s;ols RIM. Iapan and Taylor poppeu
ont to end the frame. ooross
rbraa more Chick runs came aei
~ the third. With one out bu !hn,,
Al eiven credit for single W ,.1
hsor called him safe on elose
st first after a weak intlelo zap
play d, camp doubled to right;
TO 80 tIaurke to third Whitehlll
sehuihe ,.;1dlv to the infield, ana
tnie" scored. Camp going to thlru'
bui ~ singled through short scor-
iio' @sn,n, Lapan attempted to sac