The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-31
EARL WHITEHALL AND ROY MOORE TURN IN SPLENDID GAMES IN DOUBLE VICTORY
PeliCanS Crack Badly In Sixth
 Inning And BaronS Pile Up
 Five Runs To Win Second
 Game
By MAO

the wise ones say. If that rule holds good in baseball, then perhaps the Pelicans of New Orleans compose a finer baseball team than that of the Barons of Birmingham, for 1t was the Pels who cracked under the strain at Redwood Thursday afternoon.
 The Barons won a double header from the Pels, scores to and tt l, and if such ball playing is done by the grosser team, then Baronial fan dom would forever scorn the idea of 8; fine, highly tempered organization.
 The first game was won handily. to 0, simply because Earl White hill's southpaw shoots were breaking exactly as they should, and because the Pelicans couldn't make even as much progress against his delivery as the Heinies did against the ma chine gun bullets of the Tanks at Chateau -Thierry. Whitey was in form, and that's the plot of the whole tale.
 But in the second game it was diff ferent Pels and Barons had battled a little over five innings in hair raising tension. Each had scored run early in the game, and Roy Moore and Buzzer Bill Whitaker were breezing along to what seemed inevitable as a dog fall And then came the BarGns' half of the sixth in- ming, and the proving of the maxim, lnG EEOSSeT WILL SIdnO SlEdlH than the finer"
 The Pelicans cracked, and they didn't mean maybe, either. Five Baronial runs were showed across the platter before Thomas, who went in late in the frame to relieve Whit taker, was finally able to retire the side. Seven hits were made in that sordid inning, and the defeat of the Pelicans was decisive.
 hiftAr doeo ba pa1f- cans to swallow. A twin defeat at the hands Of the Barons Is bad enough. but to have the pain of that accentuated by the fact that Mobile won double-header in the mean time, 1t ranked in the breasts of the Pelicans considerably.
 Every now and then, one runs across a day when a pitcher is right" when nobody can beat him. Thursday was just one of those days, and it Is fortunate for the Pels that it happened to be the day when both Roy Moore and Earl Whitehin were right" While Whitey was holding the opposition to five hits and no runs in the first game, Roy Moore was priming himself for & one-run, two-hit affair in the second.
 One run and seven hits in Is in- nings, that's the total damage done when Pelican batterS leaned against the combined deliveries of Whitehtll and Moore. Thursday was just ones of those days when two Barional hurlers were right" and thereby hangs the tale of twin Pelican de- feat.
 From the very first, it seemed in- evitable that the Pelicans should sur fer defeat, and that the Barons should win. Whitehill began breez- ing 'em over in the invincible man. ner that carried him through to shut-out. and never was headed.
 After storm producing decision by the umpires in the first inning. when it was ruled that Stewart left second base without tagging up after Robertson's fly had been caught the Barons scored run in the second The game could have ended there so far as the decision was concerned.
 Clarke Hits Two-BaEEer.
 Stump Clarke led off with two- bagger down the groove, and went to second on Miners sacrifice. When Neun hit a smoky single to center field, Clarke scored. Hartford and Whitehill popped in succession.
 The fourth inning saw the second Baron run scamper across the plate. With two out, Neun came through with his second slashing drive to cen terfield, stole second and scored when Hartford worked the squeeze play in front of the plate. Hartford got a hit on the play, and Neun tally. Whitehlll grounded out.
 The final Baron run came in the sixth inning. Robertson walked, went to second on Clarke's sacrifice, to third when Ewold threw Miners grounder wild to third, and scored on Nouns sacrifice fly. The rally was over, as well as Baronial scoring for the day. when Hartford went out on an infield grounder.
 Lefty Winn, who had proven so in- vincible before the Barons on the last trip of the Pels to Birmingham, was in hot water from the first in ming until the last. In every inning but two hits were made off him, and had not his mates supported him nicely, the Il bingles off Winn's de- livery would have a-~ounted to more than three runs.
 PeIs Never Had Chance.
 On the other hand, the Pels never had a chance to beat Whitehill. Only l six men reached first safely, ono l got to second base, and he continued 1 on to third. Otherwise, the damage don Whitehill's delivery was terrific. |
 After each team had scored a ,un in earlier innings in the second game, | the Pelicans cracked so badly in | the sixth frame that a husky young pitching duel degenerRted into noth-
 
 of Roy Moore.
 Ii would be hard to tell how it all | happened. but during the course of | that terrible sixth inning, seven hit. i were made and five runs poured across the Baronial plate. Milner led off with hit to center field. Neun | sacrificed him to second Milner went | tC third on wild pitch. and scored | when Hartford beat out a bunt to | second on the squeeze play. That run virtually won the game for the Barons, but Stewards men piled on | four more before being satisfied | After Hartford's safe bunt, Moore | cracked a terrific single to center l and Hartford, who had gone tC sec ond on passed ball, scored. Moore stole second. and went to third on | Brausen's infield out. Then Stewart | Miller, Vann and Clarke all singled | in succession, while Cotton Knaupp | made an error. It all amounted to l five runs, when Milner ended the | frame by striking cut. Thomas re- lAeved Whitaker after Stump Clarke's hit in that frame, and retired the side.
 Pels Take Lead.
 The Pels took a brief lead when | they scored their lone run of the day | in the second frame of that second | game. Tucker was hit by pitched | ball, but was forced at second by | Ewold. Then Foss walked. Knaupp | popped out, but DoWie hit a drive to | left that scored Ewold and sent Foss tC third. Whitaker struck out. .'~rr
 The Barons came -.ght back in the | third inning and tied the score. Neun | was safe on Foss' error. Hartford | sacrificed him to second and Moore sent his mate to third on an infield ] hit. Pete Brausen beat out an in- field hit to second and Neun scored.