The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
STEWART HURLS GREAT
GAME TO BLANK THE
CHICKS AT REDWOOD
Walter Pitches His 18th Con-
secutive Inning Without A
Score-Barons Romp On
Mitchell For Five Earned
Runs

1t has been barren series for
the Chicks, so to speak. Wednesday
saw them endure their third straight
walloping at the hands of the Barons.
and, as usual, they hardly had fin
ger in the pie at all Joe Dunn's men
applied six sturdy lashes from their
whiphand Wednesday. IN shutting out
the Tribesmen, to @.
Walter Stewart, one of the smallest
of 81 group of men. rev or "nom are :
genuinely big fellows, has latched
onto a through express to southern
league pitching fame. IT seems, and
Wednesday he clung tenaciously to MS
perch aboard the flying limited. Wal
ter blanked the Chicks In superb
fashion, allowing only seven hits, and
only once letting as many as Two
men reach base.
1t figured up to II consecutive in
Rings Stewart has twirled Withe ut
being scored on, and Wednesday
there at no time seemed reai dan-
ger of that record being halted IN
It's infancy The Chicks end of the
game is easy to tell.
Chicks Chicks.
In the first inning, with one out,
Gleason got an infield hit but Pro
tho hit into a double play. Danny
Clark to Neun In the second, It was
three up and three down, with a
strike out registered against Beck.
In the third the Chicks came as near
to- scoring as they did during the
entire game. With two out. Mitchell
hit a two Dagger to the right field
wall, and Burke walked. Gleason
flied out to left, however. and the
rally turned out to be no rally at
all.
In the fourth. Wick hit two bag
GER with one out but Beck and Yock-
ey we're easy infield outs. With one
out in the fifth, Tate singled, but
Tommy Taylor saved the day by
starting a pretty double. play on
Mitchelfs grounder, Taylor to Ozark
10 r!oun. In the sixth, the third of
those lightning double plays helped
Stewart turn back the Tribesmen.
With one out, Gleason walked, but
Protho flied out to right field, and
Meekin caught Gleason OIL iirse oh
a snap throw. .
It was three in a row for Stewart
in the seventh, but the eighth proved
almost fatal. to Stewards scoreless
record Camp led off with a hot
bingle to right, Tate popped up, and
Mitchell sent Camp to seGon1 VIII In
a clean drive to left. But Burke ana
4. Gleason found opposing outfielders'
e-ltyes with long range skyscrapers,
and the danger to Stewart was avert
ed. In the ninth, with man gone,
4 Wick hit one to left. but Beck popped
That was the whole game for the
, Chicks which isn't much. and Is trlo.
. ute enough to the pitching proWess OF
I Walter Stewart Wednesday.
: With the Barons, it was different
{ tale. for they were continually bonn
harding base hits off the delivery or
+ Mitchell and managed to score six
+ runs, five of them earned.
Il
1t was the fifth inning before
x Dunn's men could make any. then
I they ran in three. Robertson led OF
with a single to left, but was forced
by Meekin. Stewart walked and
Sump Clarke walked, filling the
bases. Hartford tapped to Yockey,
who pegged home. Catcher Tate tried
to tag the man coming In. instead OF
merely touching the plate to fulfill
the requirement of force play, put
. dropped the ball. 1t was squeeze
I, play that worked, and Hartford got
s singled to center and Stewart and
+. Clarke scored. Tate received a wild
3 pitch in time to pounce on Hartford
& trying to come in from third on the
4 bobble.
: In the seventh. Dunns men scored
i another with one out. Stump Clarke
Z singled, clearly to right, and rode
home on sHartford's two-bagger. to
\ left field Hartford was caught try
y ing to go to third on the throw-in.
In the eighth the final two runs OF
the game were scored by the now
GREATNESS Barons. Danny Clark
: walked, was sacrificed down by Mil
Z Ter. went to third on Taylor's infield
Z out and scored on Robertson's drive
. to right Bobby followed him across
4 the plate moment later when
! Meekin tripled to right, but Stewart
ended the Barons' final game with a
strike-out.
o O O
Camp Stars Aficld.
: Aside from the magnificent Twill
Y ing of Stewart, the game was void of
unusual features. In the fourth in
! ming Howard Camp. Memphis right
? fielder, leaned over the fence along
! the right field line and snagged a
/ foul fly one-handed, then a moment
j later raced in and scooped up drive
( off Tommy Taylor's bat for one of the
5 most sensational catches ever seen at
Fleetwood.
J. The fourth game of the series will
I be played Thursday. Phil Morrison
I will pitch for the Barons, while Mon
roe will probably draw the assign
y ment for the Chicks.
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