The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-04
Home Runs Account For Five Of Runs Barons Score To Win, 7-2

nave gone away SlllI euJOy IIS Ill6 distinction of being powerful. The mighty came to Birmingham Monday morning, in the form of the Mobile Bears, champions of the Southern league. And right then, the bearing out of that ancient oracle, The first shall be last and the last shall be first" began.
 Sutffy Stewards rejuvenated Ba- ronial outfit-which has found some sort of serum that brings back the speed and pep of youth-Tuesday afternoon walloped those Bruins for the second successive time. and the mighty league champion Bruin is tot tering on his throne, as the court jester-the Baron of Birmingham shakes the foundations of the royal seat and threatens to send clatter- ing to the ground the monarch of the league.
 Barons Win Second.
 Tuesday afternoons game was won by the Barons by the score of to 4, and the victory was a decisive one. It was the second straight time that Stewards men have walloped the Bruins in two days, and the Magic City pastimers are looking forward to the twin engagement of July Fourth with an eager expectancy that hints of trouble for the mighty be- fore the day is over.
 Barons and Bruins play two games here Wednesday, July 4, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The holiday double-header means lots to both teams. It means the capturing of the series and the slip ping up of notch in the league standings for the Barons. Wednes- days twin bill means the chance to even up matters with the Barons for those Bruins, and the opportunity tC make up some of the ground lost in the pennant chase of 1923.
 Bates Gets Credit.
 Red Bates started on the mound for the Barons in Tuesdays game, but Red found the going hard in the sixth inning, and his mate, Phil Nor rison, was called in to extend help ing hand The bumps were even tougher on Phil than tn his pre- decessor. Phil was wild, wilder than a one-armed man in sling shot con test and young Earl Whitehill was called in to complete the task Bates and Morrison had started. Bates was given credit for winning the game. though, as the Bruins never tied the score after his exodus from the contest.
 Tommy Long, the veteran south paw, twirled for the Bears, but his name was too suggestive. and Stew arts men hit 'em too often and too long during Tommy's regime on the mound. Home runs accounted for five of the seven runs the Barons used to wallop the Bruins.
 The Chicks broke the ice by scorr ing d run in the third inning, on three solid smacks off Red Bates de- nverty Niehoff lef off with drive to center, and went to second on Hevings roller to Nsun. Long smacked hard bingle to center that scored Niehoff, Long going to sec end on the throw in. Robertson re- covered wild pitch in time to throw bled, but Cueto flied out to end the frame.
 Clark and .GoebeI Homer.
 The Barons got that one back, with another thrown in, in the fourth in ming. Neun singled tC right, but was thrown out trying to advance to third on Goebers hit to center. Goebel went to second on the play. Danny Clark lined home run over the right field wall, scoring Goebel ahead of him. Milner grounded out, Hartford singled and Rt bertson 
 the inning.
 Three more runs were scored by the Barons in the next inning, the fifth. Bates flied to right te start the frame Stump Clarke singled through Niehoff, and Stewart singled to left. Stump Clarke was caught at third trying to steal Stewart hold ing first. Neun singled sending Stewart tt second. Goebel then hoisted skyscraping drive that cleared the right field wall with yards to spare. and three runs poured across the plate for the Barons. It was a mighty wallop, the ball soar ing so high as to seem to almost be- Clark ended that frame by grounding out.
 The sixth inning Saw the final scoring of the day, when both the Bruins and Barons got their last runs. Cueto singled and scored on Mulvey's two-bagger to right. Huhn that went to deep center field for two bags. and Mulvey scored. Red Bates retired from the game in fla vor of Phil Morrison. Huhn went to third on Marriot's infield out to Neun. Phil Morrison uneorked a wild pitch, and Huhn scored. Zeider walked, but went out trying to steal. Niehoff also walked, but Heving ended the frame by flying out to centerfield.
 That brought the Bruins total to four runs, and ended their scoring for the day. The Barons were lead ing, 5 to 4, but scored two more in tkeir half of the sixth, to bring the score to it's final standing, ' to 4.
 Milner was safe when Cueto jug gled his gre under. Hartford sacri- ficed Milner to second, and Robert son scored him with triple to left field. Roy Moore, batting for Nor rison, singled to left, scoring Rob- ertson. Stump Clarke ended the SCOT ing for the day by hitting into a double play.
 The mighty shall be humbled. an ancient oracle predicted, and Baron fandof is seeing the fulfillment of that prediction at Redwood this week. It's a strange sight to see the Barons-who were easy meat for the Bears at Mobile a week or SC ago-walloping those league cham pions two straight games, but that's what has taken place Monday and Tuesday of this week.
 If "the first shall be last, and the last shall be first" it's about S time those Bruins and Barons passed each other on the ladder, the former descending and the latter climbing.