The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
PEI EATERS HIT ED WELLS
 HARD IN THE EIGHTH INNING WINNING SLOW PLAYED GAME
Barons Close Series With PeIs Here Saturday And Go To New Orleans For Four Games

New Orleans won the third game of their four-game series from the Barons Friday afternoon at Rick wood park by score of ' to 4. The game was an aftermath of a brilliant double victory of the Barons over the Pels Thursday and sent the local spectators home after the evening sun had sunken behind western skies in no pleasant frame of mind. The game was long drawn and consumed two hours and thirty-three minutes in the playing. Ed Wells, past mas ter at time-killing, faced Roy Wal ker, his equal at deliberate pitching, in a stalling duel.
 The pep that was excited when the Barons hopped away to an early lead soon subsided and silent. but well-filled stands greeted the home teams rally threats while each Peli- can score added deeper gloom to the proceedings The cccasi 'nal jibes hurled from the box seat seetion at Joe Martina such as "Bana nas,S and hYes, We Have No Ranahas." and the never-ceasing flow of chatter from the negro bleachers were the only monotony breakers.
 Ed Wells pitched creditable ball.l until the eighth inning and then cracked. One or two bad breaks against him also made matters worse and he had walked one man and three had singled when Manager Stuffy Stewart sent him in tC the showers in the eighth and King parent that the Barons lacked their usual punch after the tying runs of the sixth inning, while the entire New Orleans team frightened up and the locals never had chance.
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 Walkers Performance Normal.
 Roy Walkers pitching performance was nothing to call for great hallu- lahing, but it was good enough to beat the Barons. He kept his hits a little better scattered than Wells, but allt wed as many as the two local hurlers. Great base running figured In heavily against him on the four runs that the locals collected as 1t was and he pulled out of one or two rather mean holes with little damage being done.
 The Barons took the lead first by running two men around the circuit in the second inning. Pop RobertSn started the inning with a single to left field and advanced to second on Clarke's pretty sacrifice. Miner I;rounder to first advanced him to third, although Holt went out him. sciE when Henry got his roller and beat him to first. Flip Neun then cracked out pretty smash to cen
 
 stole second and third on .consecu- tive deliveries by Walker and scored when Henry dropped Foss' throw to first to get Wells. Ump Bulldog" Johnson had already called Wells out when he looked around to find Henry had dropped the throw. Brau- sen forced Wells at second and end- ed lthC inning. PeIs Tie Score.
 m, De1. ;+ Tol Miller loafed on Henry's legitimate single and allowed him to stretch 1t into a two-bagge Mitze, next up, singled and Henry beat Clarke's throw to the plate, Mitze going to second. Walker went out, Hartford to Neun. but Gilbert lifted high fly to center and Millers peg to the plate was too late to get, Mite. Ewoldt flied out to center, ending the frame.
 their half of tho third when Stewart smashed a double to right, Was ad- vauced to third by Miller's single by first and scored on Clarke's sacrifice fly to right field after Robertson had forced Miller to second. Milner flied out to right to end the inning.
 Two runs by the Pels In the sixth inning tied up the count. Gilbert opened the frame with a single to rig,lt. He took second on Ewoldts SlOW IOlleI lO SllOll upOi NHtHh Hartford made a beautiful play to get the runner at first. Schick lifted a high foul over the Baron dlgout and Pop Robertson was forced to run onto the pavement around the players bench to get the ball, He caught it, however, but slipped down on the walk and Gilbert raced to third. Dan Tucker singled and Gilbert scored. Foss hit line drive to right field and Milner made a cob ChnA catch of it but failed and the ball got by him. Foss went around to third and Tucker scored knaupp ended the inning by flying out to Hartford
 Eighth Inning Crash.
 The eighth inning saw the crash that won the game for the Pels. Wells walked Gilbert, first man to face him Ewoldt sacrificed him to second. Schck hit to right field and Gilbert scored. Tucker hit roller to first which drew Neun off the bag and Wells was too slow to cover the base, although Stewart had fielded the ball behind Neun and had plenty of time to throw the runner out. Tucker went safe and Schick took third. Foss singled, scoring Schicil. Wells was sent to the showers at this juncture and Brady took the mound. He struck out Knaupp, bu, Henry singled, scoring Tucker and sending Foss to third while he him self took second on the throw-in. Nlitze was walked, filling the bases but Walker went out, Hartford to Neun, closing out the frame.
 Bruce Hartford's fast fielding at short was the feature of the Baron defensive play, while Manager StuffJ Stewart led his team on the offensive with three hits, two of them doubles. and two runs out of four trips to the piate. Flip Neun got two out of three and Robertson gotftwo out of four.
 Fcss' triple and single figured heavily in the Peiicars' scoring.
 The Barons and Pelicans close out t! cir series here Saturday and the two teams go to New Orleans for four-game series. Walter Stewart