The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-06
MOBILE SLUGGERS HIT BRED" BATES AND KING BRADY HARD IN WINNING DOUBLE-HEADER
Bears Score Sixth ConSeCu- tive Victory And Gain Half Game On League Leading PelicanS

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 5.-(special Leased e.)-The Mobile Bears con- tinued their winning streak yester- day afternoon at the expense of the Birmingham club, being on the long end of doubleheader and at the same time chalking up their sixth straight victory since they arrived here last Sunday. The locals over came a five-run lead that the Barons had in the first game and nosed them out. and 5, while the second affair was a shut out, and c. Red" Bird won both games for the Mobile club. The sorrel-top left-hander went into the first game relieving James who had succeeded Tommy Long in the seventh inning with the score stand ing 5 and against the Bears who won out In their part of the seventh inning Bird in the first game for three innings did not allow a run and gave up one hit and in the second af- fair which was seven innings by agreement, he allowed seven scattered hits and kept the Magic City players away from the plate.
 Bates, who hurled the first game for the visitors, held on well until the sixth when the Bears staged a batting rally and scored two runs and then came back in the seventh and won the ball game. a run having been pre- viously scored in Mobiles fourth due to Huhn's home run.
 Brady Hit Hard.
 Mobile batted Brady, who was on the mound for the Barons in the sec ond game, hard and had no trouble winning out. Bird again hurling air tight ball in the pinches with the fastest of support behind him.
 Birmingham in the first game scored a run in the first inning due to home run by Manager Stewart. Stewart hit the ball to left field and 1t took a bad hop and went to the fence and by a great burst of speed the Barons pilot scored ahead of the relay.
 Long, who started the first game for Mobile, was batted hard In the fourth inning by the Barons for four singles and a triple that counted for four runs. Long left the game after this inning and James replaced him. James was taken out in the sixth for a pinch hitter.
 The Bears scored their first run in the fourth inning, due to Huhn's home run over the rightfield wall.
 Bears Open In sixth.
 The slugging Bears got to Bates in the sixth inning for four singles by Huhn, Cueto. Marriott and Heving that sent over two rdns.
 Coming back to the seventh in- ming the Bears won the ball game on p. Williams single, Hartfords error, tHuhn's double, his third hit of the game, and an infield out which sent over three runs.
 The Barons had runners on first and second in their half of the eighth but Bird frightened up and held them away from the plate, striking out the last two batters in the niHth.
 The Bears in the second game practically won In the first inning by a continuation of their batting that featured the first game. After one man was out D. Williams drew a pass, Niehoff singled to center. Huhn struck out and kicked so strenuously that Umpire Johnson or dered him out of the park. D. VIII Hams and Niehoff worked a double steal. Cueto scored D. Williams with a single to right and sent Nlehoff to third and the Cuban took second on the play. Rhino Williams then busted single to right. scoring Nie- hoff and Cueto.
 Bears Score Two More.
 The locals went further into the lead in the third scoring two runs on three singles. a sacrifice and Miller's error of Rhlno Williams single. Three more markers were chalked up by the Bears in the sixth inning due to a hit batsman, singles by R. Will Hams and Mulvey. a sacrifice and Marriotts single to right.
 Only two runners saw third base in the second game on Bird so effec- tive was his hurling.
 The hitting of Huhn for Mobile, with home run, a double and single out of four times Sn and that of Stewart and Neun for the Barons, the former with homer and sin gle and the latter with a triple and a single featured the first game from a batting viewpoint. The fielding features of this game went to Nie- hoff, Zeider and Braunsen. the latter player taking a foul ball close to the white bleachers and doubling cider at the plate when he tried to score.
 The high spots of the second game were the hitting of Rhino Williams with three singles out of that many times at bat, the fielding of Niehoff, C,,ato P williams and Zeider.