The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-26
ALABAMA BEATEN BY GEORGIA TECH
 M "A" DAY GAME
Tuhbs Comes To Rescue Too Late and Jackets Win,
 6.2

UNIVERSITY. Ala. April so.-fsp., cia1. .)--The annual "A" bay baseball game today went with the breaks. and Georgia Tech got them, winning from the Alabama Crimsons before more than 5000 people. by 6-S score.
 Paul Tubbs. relieving McMillan in the third. pitched high-class hall for the rest of the game, and had he started first, the tale might be differ ent. Tubbs pulled out of several deep holes and never seemed moro pug zling than today. He allowed the Yellow Jackets but five hits in six and one-third innings, ad struck out three, walked one and pitched wild once.
 Grant Gillis fielded sensationally accepting total of nine chances without an error. While al bat he rapped out brace of doubles. Jen- nings stole home in the third inning, and with the aid of a bad hop and d miSjudged ball, received credit for two triples.
 McMillan, who has not started be- cause of sore arm since the Illinois game, got into trouble in the first inning. Morgan was an easy out to Elmore, but Denicke singled to cen ter Palmisano duplicated and Jen. nings was walked Baum slammed one out which Gillis barely caught and forced nenicie out at home. Albright singled 10 center, scoring Palisand and Jennings.
 The Yellow Jackets put two more runs over in the third before Coach Mernier walked McMiilan, with two down. Jennings hit one which Oli- yer misjudged and il went for three bags. Baum walked. Albright doubled to left and both men scored. Tubbs then entered the box and forced Ed wards to ground out.
 Alabama Scores.
 The Crimsons scored their first in the third, when Green walked and went to second on Pitts out. Gillis doubled to right. scoring Green, Rosenfield lined out to second.
 In the fourth. Baums pretty stop of Barnes line drive stopped a rally. The fifth came near having 'Bama tie after Green had popped out, Pitts walked, Rosenfeld shot long sacri- flee fly to left. The final chance of Alabama tieing the score came in the seventh, but fast double play stopped it. Green singled to start and was sacrificed to second, Pitts singled but Gillis hit into double play, Turner to Denicke to Edwards. The Yellow Jackets scored their other two runs, one in the seventh and one in the ninth. The first came when Jennings tucked bad hop three bagger in center and scored on | Tubbs wild itch. The last run came in the ninth on .Morgan's double and Denicke's single, which he stretche d | into two bases.
 The Tech team played errorless ball behind Lefty" Allison, and | nipped all threats of rallies from Alabama. Allison side-armed and E-h1 9 S1Y much that ali they could get was eight hits. Jennings hit two triples and pulled q fast steal of home ir | the second inning.
 The loss today was the second col legiate game Alabama has lost this season. The same two teams play in Montgomery tomorrow afternoon | Steed. Alabama ace. will pitch.
 Other "A" Day Events.
 "A" Day, which started early to- | day, was one of the greatest ever ending tonight with a dance in the | gym. Visitors from this and ad- | joining states were here to enjoy 1 the program
 The Delta Delta Delta sorority basketball team received silver they defeated the Kappa Delta quintet in the finals of the sorority | basketball league by 25-24 score
 The horse race between Sparl; | Plug. ridden by "Fireplu4' Hinton and Sassy Susie. ridden by "Coun- l try" Oliver, was won by Sassy Susie and the bout between the owners of | the two naes was won by Barney Google" Copeland of Birmingham. l The pie-eating contest was won by Captain-el elect Slim Carter of the basketball team. while "Plnehead | Pete" Griffin, 264 pounder, defeated Sooner Young. a 302 pcnrder In d three round bout "Fish~,al. non, freshman second baseman. de- | feated Lovely" Barnes in base circling contest. The faculty base ball game resulted in tie. although Dean Barnwell and Dean Farrah of the academic and engineering de- partments. respectively, pitched with l sore arms. Mike Denny, presi- dent of the university, umpired and smoked his pipe the same time
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