The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
SHERIFF VANN DRIVES IN
 TALLY THAT GIVES BARONS TWIN WIN OVER CRACKERS
Stewards Men Beat AtIantanS Twice, Scores 4 To l And 2 To 1-CraCkerS HitleSS Wonders
Ny MAC

Wonders
 By MAC
 If there's jinx camping on the trail of the Barons, let somebody run back right quick and drag him in. The jinX the Crackers have held over Stuffy Stewards men all season is a nice little chap after all. Any jlnx that can change masters as quick as that one is worth holding on to for awhile.
 Friday the victory drunk men of Stewart imbibed further, and Satur- day stand ready tC drain the intoxl- eating cup to the dregs. After win ming a double header from the Allan tans yesterday, the Barons stand ready to quaff the last drop away, when Atlanta and Birmingham close out their 1923 series at Redwood to- day The scores were to l and 2 to 1.
 Yesterdays double -header came as a drink of the nectar of the Gods to BarCnial fans. They trooped away from Rickwood so groggy they could scarcely make their way across the fields to waiting suppers The sight of the Barons beating the Crackers at all is enough to set Baronlal rall- birds dancing, but double victory so paralyzes them that even dancing
  ing after the day before, the fans are dazed, though highly elated and the battle cry of the flock is some body feed that jimx and treat him nice.'
 Walter Stewart i'm Form.
 Perhaps it was the miserable hit ting slump into which the Crackers have fallen-they have gotten only Is bingles off the Baron hurlers in the last 35 innings at Rickwood-or maybe it was because Waiter stew Atlantans were helpless in the first game. They secured only five hits, three Of which came punched in one inning for their lone tally. Mean while, the Barons were pounding Phll Morrison for 10 hits and four runs Phil didn't stand chance to wln' with his mates playing punchLess ball behind him.
 Another blow was suffered by the Crackers, when Johnny Mohardt, outfielder, was injured Thursday, ana was forced to remain out of yester- days games. Mohardt mas wrenched hip, and won't be able 10 play for several days or a week. IL was announced.
 With stewart breezing along in in- vincible fashion the Barons took one run lead in the third, and seemed safely on the way to victory then. After Hartford had grounded out Walter Stewart hit two-bagger 10 right. He went to third on Brausen's infield hit, and scored when SteWaTt walloped a drive to centerfleld MI Ter and Robertson ended the frame py grounding out in turn
 Crackers Tie Score.
 In the fifth inning. the Crackers tied the score. Ring led off with binele to center, went to second on Dumont's hit after Miller had struck out, and scored on Brooks drive to center. Shorty Brausen snagged Morrison's grounder, and engineered a twin killing of the base runners.
 The game was captured and slowed away by the Barons in the sixth, when two runs came across the plate. With one out, Sumpter Clarke walked, and scored when Holt Milner clouted out sky-scraping drive that bounced off the outfield walls in right center. Neun hit a fly to deep center that went for sacrifice as Milner scored after the catch. Hartford singled but Walter stewart struck out.
 The last run for the Barons came in the eighth. Robertson aud Stump Clarke singled in succession and were sacrificed around by Milner. On Nouns inffeld out, Robertson scored Then Hartford walked and stole sec ond, but Walter Stewart flied out. Thrilling Finish Wins.
 The final kick to punchy after noon came in the second game, the eighth inning, to be exact, when Barons and Crackers had thrown cold water over the intoxication of the fans by rallying in the seventh and tieing the score at to l. And then came the eight.
 It was Sheriff" Vann who clouted out the blew that beat the Crackers in that second game. Stuffy stewart had popped out to start it off, but Jake Miller beat out m intield hit when nobody covered first. Then up came "rhe Sheriff" He let one go by, then cracked one squarely on the nose.S Miller had started at the swing of the bat. and was rounding second when the ball was fairly on its way Ring was playing In center field, and realizing that the damage would be done If the pail rel sale. He made a gallant effort to snag the drive off his shoestrlngs, but couldn't quite reach it. and the pellet shot past him. Miller crossed the plate as Vann rounded first, and the game was over.
 Crackers Made Gallant Hid.
 The Crackers had made a gallant bid in the seventh, which was sche duled their last frame. Whitehill walked Moore. the first man to face him-and percentages show that such practice is 8 dangerous one. Sure enough, Moore was sacrificed to second, and scored when Ring hit clean drive to centerfield. Miller flied out and Dumont whiffed, to end the rally that sent the game into extra innings.
 The ore run lead secured by the Barons in the first inning eventual ly proved their winning margin. Brausen led the initial frame off with a drive to centerfield for one bag, and went to second on Manager Stewards sacrifice. Then Miller hit a clean bingle to center, scoring Brausen. Vann flied out and Clarke went out on a grounder to Danny Clark.
 Jake Miller played a major part in the double victory for the Ba- rons. Jake cracked out five hits in the two games, and his long running catch of Rings drive in the last in ming of the first game ended ra,iy that was assuming threatening pro- portions.
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