The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-08
KARI, BESIDES GREAT
 BOX WORK, HELPS BEAT BARONS WITH A HOMER
Barons Take Lead In Four
 teenth, But Crackers Nose One Run Ahead In Their Half

ATLANTA, Ga, June 7.-(Special) Many years from this date, long after Benny Karr. Cracker right handler. has taken a seat of honor in the Valhalla of baseball men, fol- lowers of thls old pastlme may en- certain with the story Of how Benny realized the dream that comes to all ball players, drift of fancy seldom comes true.
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 "On Thursday afternoon. June T. at Ponce de Leon park, Atlanta, Ga, the Crackers and the Birmingham club were fighting in the second game of a four-battle series. The Barons had dropped four games in a row and were determined to halt the losing streak. At the ninth mile post, the score was knotted, one all. And sc it remained until the four teenth, when through no fault of ms own. Benny karr saw Baronlal r,,nner across with what looked to be the winning run. Barons laushed in shoulish glee as they took the field, ready to put down the crackers in order
 Poor old Benny Karr," the yarn will continue, feeling in hls heart against him-for he had pitched an even better game than his young southpaw opponent, Walter stewart Karr was the first Cracker to pat in Atlantas half of the tourteehlh The one run advantage the Barons ,nare holding looked bigger than stone mountain to the pitcher who was moaning and groanlns ana rnashing his teeth as he TOOK ms stance.
 Karr Ties With Homer.
 ir choice eu1ts to the fates that had dealt hin such a wicked blow as SouthpaW Stewart began winding up TOT the first pitch,' the narrator Will teil @ his audience, and Benny dHsel resched the bursting point as the naIIat neared the plate, but Bennys scowl turned to smiles as the force Inf his connection as pill met pa. sent the ball soaring lar into lell centerfield, the while Benny com pleted the circuit and tled the eo"H' once more.
 What followed in this same lnhihs nf ie merely detail, later events, oL conrse produced the run that gave tbe 3-2 victory the Crackers achleV- ed over the Barons, thls tI4uniPh marking the fifth consecutive yer dict the local boys have ga grapoeo from Joe Dunns oatiIe' .ha dvis homer was the crack in the uy h9 n'1 u,itb which Stewart had stethineu i +be Crackers attack in previous III nines karrs home run made 2teM art a simple problem Tor the otnera i,rin F, Eddie Moore followed with a slIS i,i I,s re 1aft Kuyons sacrifice sent nm to second. The attack was moiiIeIr I,9il.a. torilv halted when Glenn hlllllle el ,.annad ont. but Babe Herman, "ho had. been looking bad all ailel I,tI.od iaUoti against Stewarts breakers, ails ,l,. "Ia S,l',- the pleas oG Atlanta fanootn pg u osa tAS Moore with l1t r,,r that broke up the most masnln rent game that has been played A' Ponde de Leon in years.
 Brock,s Do~bIe Play. ,o,nnv
 It remained for little ooHnHS t procls second string catcher, to l-ta.ra unassissted the most spec1acu lar double play that has been Liaue l.l'' in the Southern league thls ssanot. s,ras IT came in the tenth frame anu anu , a life-s saver il there t porons by Goebel started off for the BaIonH a,,, Dy .ine.line. to center. Taylor lald dow II siis ssacrifice bunt and when Herliah 4hra,y into center field tryihs ~ bsad Goebel at second, Goeoei 'o,la ad third and Taylor secoho' 4Hat Katy was about to bar the uooi +Se So far as the Crackers winning ti,e
 ar,e was concerned. Rooereson' ai snavs dangerous in the plnch' was c 4o haf He hit a slow grouhuor trocl, Moore and Eddie's throw to DIuTd tb,rd Moo Goebel in a chase between thitu put a.,o Then things began to aannen' anu m Brock forced Goebel toWaru S,'1i,i Ls;rd while Taylor was Watchlu un3 tcira' w". h.et ween second and third ,s,sa Mai'inS race became closer and Goepei dived for third. Brock succeGeu Taylor m olSoL Goebel out. as IaSio- tagglnSS ,n inc double play being c1atad cnar then Brock put the nai! oon' co TTayior, Robertson reached See7 sa,7 on d,,rine- the excitement. but dleo