The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-28
PILOT STUFFY STEWART'S LONG WALLOP TO LEFT IS BLOW THAT BEATS BRUINS
James Makes One Slip In Great Battle, But That Slip Cost Him The Victory
By MAC


 One slip may change the destiny of nation, history has taught us. and one slip may totally swerve the the big righthander of the Mobile Bruins, made one slip Monday, when he shot a fast ball down the groove to Manager Stewart. in the eighth inning. It was unfortunate for James that the bases were full, and that Stuffy Stewart has a leaning toward a fast ball.
 To make the story short, Stuffy leaned toward that fast ball, and drove 1t far over the head of Billy Marriott in left field. It was po- tential home run, and three runs plate like water through a sieve. The fourth went around, and not across, for Stuffy Stewart neglected to touch home plate. He was ruled out by Umpire Dan Pfenninger and Stew arts long hit reverted to a triple.
 At any rate, the slip-up of Bruin James cost him the game, for Bir- mingham cOpped the opening strug- gle of the Baron Bear series at Rick wood Monday afternoon by the mar gin of those three runs. They were the only ones scored during the game, and Birmingham won, to 0. Barons' One Real Threat.
 The Barons concentrated their en- tire attack in that eighth inning, for three of their seven hits came in that frame. During the remainder of the game. Stuffy's men were at the mercy of James, in only one inning getting a man as far as third base. and that coming when two men were already out.
 On the other hand, Ed Wells, whose southpaw hurling has been responsi-- q nl Nriq ries this season, was hit hard and frequently. But behind him was team of ball playing madmen, mad with the lust of victory, and entirely unwilling to let ten little old base hits amount to a single tally.
 There was no Baron who played better ball behind Wells than Rob ertson. On every attempt of the op- position to steal a base or get some thing they were not entitled to, Pop" was theFe to cut short their hopes with pSrfectly gauged throw to the bag in question.
 Walk, Three Hits, No Runs
 The utter inability of the Bruins to dent Wells delivery in the pinches was shown in the fourth inning Monday afternoon. In that frame. the Bruins had one man walked and secured three clean singles, yet were unable to get past third base. D. Williams led 1t off with a single through second. He was thrown out by a perfect peg when he tried to steal second. Then Mulvey struck out. Huhn was passed, and Niehoff singled sharply to cen ter. MarriOt singled through short, and the bases were full. Then Cueto lifted a pop-fly back of third that Sumpter Clarke came in fast on and captured.
 In the eighth inning. the Bruins had two men on bases because of couple of walks, but a force-out, 0 fly to right, and a pop-up by Nie- hoff killed their chances of scoring.
 And then came the Barons' eighth. Neun walked and Hartford beat out a difficult roller through first Wells crossed the opposition up with a perfect bunt that pulled Zeider off third, and both runners advanced on the sacrifice. Brausen walked and the bases were full'
 Stuffy Likes Fast Ones
 Up came Manager Stuffy Stewart, and James committed his one bad slip of the game. lie shot a fast one down the groove on the first pitch, and even before the crowd knew what had happened, the Barons were racing around the bases like the little ponies on a merry go round. Stuffy had landed on that ball with every splinter in his bludgeon, and the drive scared way over Mar riott's head. The ball landed smack up against the little fence in left field, and Stuffy beat the really home several feet For some reason or other. the Baronial pilot just ran around the home plate, and didn't touch it at all. He made no effort to regain the rubber, and was de- clared out by the umpire, Jake Mill Ter followed with a clean drive to center, but Robertson filed out to center field.
 In the ninth, the Bruins got couple of clean hits, one of them by pintch hitter Rhino Williams, but the inevitable pop-ups saved Ed Wells.
 Bruin hurler James pitched a great game, but he made the mistake of feeding Stuffy Stewart fast ball. And one slip can alter the destiny Df a nation they say.