The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
VOL FANS WRATHFULLY BOO .UMPIRES AS BARONS CLOUT| OUT VICTORY SCORE { TO 3
Ed Wells InvincibIe In Pinches, And Eleven Hits Off Him Fail To Win For The Vols

NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 21- Especial )--After tasting the bitter ness of defeat five times in a row, the i}arons of Stuffy Stewart man aged to win a tall game Saturday. They peat the vols at the Dell, to 8, but their victory was attained in the midst of much wrangling and bat fling that the Magic City pastimers were almost tco exhausted to enjoy the fruits of their triumph when the affair was over.
 The Tell IS ono of the most his |, tori; baseball parks in the South ern league, that is to the umpires oe the circuit. More battles between umps. players and fans have been staged Ill the Del, probably than any other park in ths south. and Satur- day saw d repitition oi some of the N,raEisIcs If tue past
 Empires Guthrie and Pfenninger wele the targets tor continual boo ing through the game. due to num- Der of costly, clCse decisions the ar 'biters called agttlnst the Vols. A Vol Ian Is q Iikcable sort of T chap, until he gets the idea an um 
 on ti,eir tenn. tner it's time to order 2 cessation of bottle manufacturing.
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 Trouble A,ertcd.
 s 4 large crowd of fans gathered around Luthrie ;nd Pfenninger when they went to their dressing room. but trouble was averted by arrival of the bluecoats and cooler heads and the lepai tule of umps to the ,.ff yAf iNA =iI In
 Ed Wells, new left-hander of the ,.1arons, was sent to the mound by Manager Stewart. and he twirled great ball Although the former Western Ieaguer was hit safely eleven times. he manGged to keep the Einf les off him well scattered and held .he Vol; to three runs.
 Bowman started for the Vols but was Knocked oat after allowing four luns m the frs inning. Roberts, who succeeded hlm, pitched great ball the remainder of the game.
 Had Abe Bowman been able to 1veather that first frame, like as not Jim Roberts never would have been able to expose for Skipper Hamil- toms inspection that rosy rubber work.
 For the Vol pilot was forced to erase some slabber to make room for Stl,bby Mack, who will be in charge of the curving chores tomorrow aft ternoon in the final fray with the Stewart people.
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 Bowman's Downfall.
 It was a curious freak of late which blasted Abe Bowman from the Vol roster An adverse decision at second greased the skids for him. Brausen walked and Guthrie de- elared he was safe. Then fans erupted terrible roar, which con tinued throughout the game. There was never such wrangling. Guthrie and Pfenninger both came in for a bitter tirade from the fans, and every close decision was awarded to the Barons.
 They picked up a four-run lead off Bowman, but Jim Roberts came in 10 stop the stampede. He hurled ball for tn, remainder of the game, hold ing the Barons to two runs.
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 How BarOns Won.
 After Brausen walked and was called safe at second, Stewart singled again Che has been d terror to Nash vile boXmen), scored Brausen and stole second himself. Miller bounced a double off the scoreboard and scored on Clarke's homer. Bowman disappeared.
 Roby shot single to left in the third and romped home when Flip Neun belted one to center. . Last Baron marker came after C;oebel walked and was sacrificed and called safe-amid loud bCos-at third. He reported on Haruords