The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-12
WHITEHILL HITS HOME RUN OFF ROBINSON AND REALLY DECIDES GAME
Veteran Falls Before Youth In Great SouthpaW Battle At Redwood, Score 3 To 2

Fate cast it's shadow of forthcom- ing events over the Travellers of Lit
 tie Rock Friday afternoon, in the
 sturdy young form cf black -haired, portside baseball pitcher. Earl White < hill. pride of the pitching corps of
 Joe Dunn, southpawing his way to 1a well earned victory over the Peb- 2 bles of Arkansas score, 3 to 2, and the little left -hander played major : portion in the downfall of Kid FL
 berfelds mem
 Rube Robinson, who has played @ball in the Southern league almost
 as long as Meqhuselah took baths on
 Saturday nights. opposed Whitehili on the mound. and the two tied up in as pretty hurling duel as has N been witnessed at RickWood thls season They have met before, and
 it is almost traditional for these two
 ft-handers tG be pitted against each other in Lit tie Rock Birming- : ham series, and it is traditional for ~tLem to battle to the finish
 There was very little to choose be- 1tween tn. performances of the two c.Ssouthpaws--the old and the young {. Friday W-hitelrill gave up seven hits ' and one earned run. while Robinson !. was hit nine times, for three earned Y runs. Statistics will show that there was a difference Of two runs in their . pitching records and Earl Whiteh1ll x himself can explain those two runs 1 whitey Hits Homer.
 It was in the third inning that Z the shadoV of Fate lay darkest over : the paths of the Travellers. And it twas then tlnt the difference in Rube Robinson and Earl Whitehill showed ~sup. Pop Robertson had led the frame :. with a two-bagger to center, and had < gone to third on Meekin's infield out. z Then, Earl Whitehill-the south fEpaw with youth and speed to his ad- :. .vantage-came to the bat. Rube 7 Robinson-the veteran left-hander of
 crafty wisdom and much experience made the fatal mistake of under : estimating his younger rivals batting s ability, and he gave Earl one that he : liked. The result was as dark for 5. the Travellers as rhe shadow which fate was casting over the field at < that moment.
 Whitey knocked that ball far over Ssthe head of Frankie zoellers, left Z. fielder for the Pebbles, and the pellet : rolled to the outfleld fence. White 2 hill circled the bases at top speed, < and came in standing up. The young < left-hand pitcher had hit home run < to left field off the veteran left hand z Birmingham 3-to-2 victory over Lit ; tie Rock. The wallop by Whitey de- scided the game. as sucoeedfngs events
 proved.
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 Error Let's InsOne.
 x Birmtngh tained its 2-to-0 lead 1until tho sixth when the Travellers
 scored one of their runs and the Barons added another to their pair of etallies The Pebble counter was due < to an error, and was unearned. Silva -led off with an infield hit to short sstop and went to secon on an infield out after pop-up. Silva stole third and scored when Robertson's peg to
 fr h rim, off ont xytld fD : left field, Gisclason walked, but was thrown out trying to steal second.
 The Barons got it back In their half ' of the frame. Stump Clarke led off with two-bagger to left. was sac, $ &rificed to third by Hartford, and scored on Danny Clark's wallop < through short after Neun had struck z out. Miller grounded out to end the b~ frame. That brought Birmingham's E total to 8, and from then on Rube <. Robinson was invincible, so far as N scoring runs was concerned.
 V The Travellers threw a scare into z the fan block in the ninth. but their rally ended one run short of tying z the score. Graf, first of the Pebbles -yy to face Whitehill. in the final frame, ,S tripled to left. and fans sank back r into seats vacated as the frame be- < gan. Gislason grounded out to third, ' and Graft was held at third, but < Freddie scored on Mayors slow ( grounder to second for a put-out. ,- Sturdy struck out, ending the game ' in the manner in which it had been x started for Whitey whiffed Zoellers, v the first man to face him.
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 @ Tommy Taylor in Limelight.
 In a game as closely contested as z that of Friday, it is seldom that the /: thrill that electrfies is produced. but ]. once during that battle of south g paws, Tommy Taylor. peppsry third
 baseman of the Barons. flashed
 through with a bit of sensational ' work that will not soon be forgot sten. It came in the fifth inning, and probably saved run off Whitehill as the two men who followed singled