The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-03
ROY MOORE PITCHES AND BATS BARONS TO 5-3 WIN
 OVER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Birmingham SouthpaW Hits Homer Over CenterfieId Wall, And Holds Bruins To One Earned Run

One Earned Run
 The Gods of baseball were in happy fram of mind when little baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore some 2o-odd years ago, and they smiled their best on the kick ing. soualling littlo bundle of hu- manity that created havoc with his new orb, And these are the gifts they gave unto that child, the fac ulty of tossing basebaIs with southpsw fin, and the ability to lay hickory timber against those selr- same pellets with horsehide crush ing force and unerring accuracy.
 And, Monday, those self-sarne Gods of baseball-perhaps a bit time-worn and weather beaten, but, wtthal. the came Tickle, whimsical unreliable immortals-were in 8 happy frame of mind, and 1t all came back to their protegee, the Roy Moore of today came back those gifts of the Gods over 20 years ago.
 Roy Moore was right" Monday, and led the Barons to R to vic tory over the Mobile Bruins in the opening game of the series at Rick wood. It was the same southpaw fist of Roy that years ago tossed his the baseballs down the groove Mon- day and baffled the Bears. It was the same good pair of arms that in former years terked slat out of that same old crib and pounded Q lusty tattoo on the floor that crashed a hickory bat into a couple of base balls at Redwood Monday. And 1t wss those hits of Moore's that en- abied the Barons to round out clean-out victory over Bert Niehoffs Southern league champions.
 Moore Whole show.
 The husky left ha nder of the Bar ons was almost a show by himself Monday afternoon. It was he who held the hard-hitting league champs to four hits and one earned run, al- though errors of his mates let two Bruins. And 1t was Moore's great stick work thnt drove three of the Barons' runs in and accounted for him scoring a fourth.
 In tho third inning, Moore, who Is considered one of the most dan gerous hitters in the league despite his pitching duties, came to bat wi+h Pop Robertson on second base. Roy cracked the first ball pitched to him squarely on the nose. The pellet, a streak Of white that all but left smoky trail behind it as it burned cleared the cenTerfield wall with yards to spare. and hit on 8 coal shed in the cornfield outside the fence. The ball went over the wall somewhere between the centerfieId flagpole and the Southern league and old-timers claimed that 1t was about the longest swat ever hit at Rickwood- For a fact, 1t did seem to outdo that famous drive Rogers Hornsby hit over that fence in an ex- hibition game at Redwood last spring.
 |, tnrons Score Twice.
 II Had his mates not erred fredu ert- '1y, Moore would have held tho Bruins to one Vun. Their lone earned tally came in\ the first inning. With one man down. Cueto hit a three bagger to left field, and scored after Stump Clarke caught Mulvey's pop fly in left field. Humn grounded out for the final out.
 The Bruins went two up by put ting across second tally in the start the inning. 3eider grounded to Stewart, who tried to catch Mar riot at second. Hartford dropped the throw, however. and both men went safe. They moved up a bag each on a wild pitch. Niehoff hit a sig zlins groUnder to Moore, who threw home to prevent an advance from third, and Robertson relayed to Neun in time to put the batter out. It was a snappy play. Heving hit a hot wrong side of the fielder. but Hart ford scooped the ball up and threw the Bruin backstop out at first Mar riot scored on the play, however. Fulton grounded out to Neun. unas- sisted.
 Moore Ties Score.
 And then. in the third inning, Roy Moore caught that one on the nose, and clouted that homo run. Robert doubled to right, and two runs came across for the Barons, tying the score.
 In the fourth inning. the Bears scored a run and again went into the lead. With two down. Zeider singled. He went down to steal sec ond, but Robertson's peg had him dead several yards off the bag. Hartford dropped the ball, however, and Zeider went safe. Niehoff clouted 2 clean bingle to left, scoring zeider, but he was thrown out trying relay from Stump Clarke to Moore to Hartford.
 That ended the scoring for the Bruins. They had made their three runs. and 1t only remained for the Barons to put across three on their own account in the fifth inning to sew up tho game and end the SCOT ing for the afternoon.
 Hartford struck out. but Robert son ripled to deep left field. Moore singled to right. scoring Robertson, and he crossed the plate himself a moment later when Stump Clarke cracked a three-bigger to center field. Stuffy Stewart singled through the infield to left field, and Clarke scored with the third run of tho frame and the fifth of the game for the Barons. Neun sent a drive to right field that Denny Williams gathered in. and Goebel grounded out for the final out.
 The game was one of thrills. Ex- tra base hits. combined with flashy fielding plays. kept the ra.lbirds on their toes, and the crowd remained until the last
 Barons and Bears play another game at Redwood Tuesday. just be- fore tying up in an all-day double