The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
UNION WINS SLUGGING MATCH FROM PANTHER OUTFIT, SCORE 13 TO 6
Bulldogs Amass Total Of Y Hits In Final Game Of Local Series


 Saturday and by showing complete reversal of form wanoped the Bir- mingham- Southern Panthers by a score of 13 to 6. The Bullodgs played heads up ball while the Panthers put up a pathetically ragged defense. Graham started for the Panthers but was driven to the showers in the eighth. Wheeler went in for the Partners and served much worse be- ing hit seven times. three of which went for extra bases. The Panther defense was not working like pub lie school outfit while their scat tered hits often went for nought.
 This evens the local series be- tween the two teams but puts the Bulldogs one ahead of the Partners for the season as the locals were administered licking early in the year at Jackson by Union. The Union team left Saturday r-~ht for Ten nesSee. eK
 Babe" Graham got off on the wrong foot and was in hot water from the outset. In the first two passes put him in danger but he pulled out without damage. How ever in the second Union used their chances to better advantage and showed over two runs. Graham hit the first man up. Baxter, and Hodges sacrificed him to second The next man, Charles, hit but Baxter was held to second. Parker was walked fill Graham's hooks.get through his mitt and Baxter raced home. Hannah then came up and doubled scoring Charles.
 The Partners tied the count in their half of this session when Nor a pitched ball and Englebert doubled cleaning the bases.
 In the fourth Union made one when Hodge came to bat and popped one up to the pitchers box and God bee called for the catch but failed to reach it, allowing the man to reach first. Charles sacrificed him to second and he stole third and scored on Hannah's single.
 Score Evened Gp.
 The Panthers again evened the score when Norton walked, was sac rificed to second by Howell and scored when Hannah threw wild ly over Penninston's head trying to get Englebert at first.
 In the fifth the Panthers tallied again when Sid Godbee hit triple and stole homes It was a perfectly executed piece of base running.
 The Panthers increased their lead the seventh. Godbee singled, stole second and came home on Williams triple to right field.
 In the eighth the Bulldogs opened up their killing bombardment and during the last two innings they were hitting them long, short and in every other conceivable manner. in- cluding bunting. Baxter started the : inning off by flying out to Williams. Hodge singled and Charles doubled and the first score was counted. Evans flew out to short. Hannah singled scoring Charles. Smith and Stewart. the next two men up. were hit by Graham and Coach Brown sent in Wheeler. He was hit by Penning- ton for single and Hannah scored another run. Baxter grounded to Englebert. who touched the bag, get ting Pennington on force play which ended the inning after four runs had been tallied.
 The eighth inning would compare with the ninth like machine gun fire would with a heavy artillery attack. The Bulldogs were clouting them for extra bags in the ninth and the pitcher got dizzy trying to keep up with the men that were travelling around the bases
 A Mild Opening.
 Hodge opened up the ninth in a mild manner by singling. Charles followed with single. Both men advanced a base on Caldwell's error Evans hit a near-foul in front of the plate and went out catcher to first Hannah flied out to Williams and things began to look little less stormy for the Panthers. Smith tri- pied to center field scoring two men. Stewart doubled to left center SCOT ing Smith. Pennington singled Wilde was walked, filling the bases. and Baxter tripled cleaning them up again. Wheeler struck out the last man ending the agony.
 The Panthers made an abbreviated attempt to rally in the ninth when Caldwell was safe on Wilder's error, after one man was down. But God bee flied to first and Williams. parked one on the left field bank of the bowl for triple which he tried to stretch into a homer but was caught and ended the game. Caldwell scored on his hit.
 Charles led the hitters with four safeties, one a double, out of four times up. Hodge singled four times out of five trips up. The fielding of Hannah and Wilde was the feature of the Bulldog defense.
 Williams had another biz day in the field for the Partners and in addition hit two triples. Godbee starred with the stick getting two triples and a single out of five times up.