The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
STEWARTS WIN ONE
 GAME OUT OF TWO
Clarke Beaten In First
 Of Twin But Bates q Takes Second

Following a Sisasterious series in Chattanooga the Birmingham Barons will bring their victors home with them and give them a chance to beard the lion in his den. The local aggregation managed to win the last game ot a double header Tuesday, thereby taking one game out of five.
 At Chattanooga both new twirlers were given opportunities to show thelr wares and the cellar champions liked both of them pretty we'll Delmar Lund- gren, the new addition, was battered rather heavily by the guests ot the Stewards while Rufus Clarke was touched up for 10 hits in the first game of the double-header Tuesday ana lost 5 to 1.
 Batting Slump Now
 The locals, who have been suffer ing from poor pitching, have now added to their woes a batting slump. Tightly enmeshed in the throes of this demon the performers who represent the Magic City in organized baseball have been putting up as poor an exhibition as could be imagined. The hitting of the club held the teams head above water earlier in the year but now as thespower of the stick seems to be waning and the ash is weak in the Stewart slugsmiths' hands hope has near departed. Always far down in fielding, largely on account of having to go after so many chances it is supposed, the team did acquit itself we'll with the stick, having led the league for a week or so, Now, now ever, the Barons are slowly sinking in the mire and it looks like the ad- vance agent for bad winter.
 Efforts Being Made
 The management seems to be mak- ing gigantic efforts sto obtain relief for the club but all to no avail. The per formances after being obtained by the Barons. A pitchers famine seems tO be felt in all organized baseball and the club that has the mound staff is the one that is cleaning up.
 { The latest additions to the local box workers have so far failed to do any startling twirling Certainly the worm must turn some day and a faint glim' mer of hope seems all that is left.
 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June IT, Especial. )-George Cunningham held Birmingham batsmen under his spell Tn fhe first game today and Chattannoga won by 5 to 1, but Red Bates stepped in between the locals and a clean sweeT in the second encounter, Birmingham winning by 6 to l. John Anderson s line drive over the left field fence was the only run off Bates. while the Ba- rons tapped Lefty Bill James rather often and Lefty's support was bad. the first poor fielding exhibition by either team in the five games series. Rufus Clark pitched good baseball in the opener but the Lookouts were in the mood to beat any boxman who faced them.
 There was no counting in the first game until the fourth when Manager Etuffy literally stole a run. He beat a slow one to short, stole second, took third on Rhodes long hoist to short and scored on Jeanes fly to right. The home team tied in the last half, by a screaming play. Niehaus burnt an in field hit through Stewart. Clarke on the hit-and-run ground sharply to Rhode. Niehaus tore round second and started for third as Rhode got the ball. Rhode was confused by the aud acity of the effort and threw to sec ond instead of third. Niehaus beat the relay to third and then scored on D. Andy's neat double.
 Stump BeatS Brother
 It fell to Sumter Clark to punch in the run that was enough to beat his brother in the sixth inning. John An derson took one amidships and took first. He stole second, took third on Niehaus' out and counted on Sump's clean smack to left for bag. Another local tally registered in the seventh. Bates was hit by a pitched ball. Car roll sacrificed and John Andy scored the other Johnny with hefty smash to center for a bag. In the eighth, Clark beat slow one to short and D. Andy sacrificed, Crossley pushed one past Stewart, Clark going to third Crossley pilfered and scored with Clarke on Masseys double to left.
 Brausen Gets Triple
 Lefty" James got a bad break al the very start of the second game when Brausens liner to left center caught Carroll close in and went for q triple Stewart forthwith scored Pete with ( blow and then began some of the stuff which Stuffy has been pulling on Chat tanooga for three seasons, stealing sec ond and third, Rhode being associated with him in the latter for a double steal. Camp scored the manager with a neat squeeze bunt and Rhode was out trying to steal home. In the third Brausen hit to Niehaus, who fumbleC and then threw wild to James on tho bag. Pete took second on the error third on Stewards neat blow to Jeff and tallied on Jeanes out, short tC first. The Barons iced Ter in the sixth, Jeanes got blow to left. Caml all but knocked down Niehaus with { hit, but Jeanes Overran second an( was out at third. Bates threw wild il an effort to get Camp off first anC Howard went to third Brenner scored Camp with hot single. Brenner stole second and went on to third on Kress low throw. Hartford scored him witt a hit. Clarke made two consecutive CT TOTS, filling the bases and Brausen'' long hoist to right scored Hartford. The John Andy started the Lookout sixth with his circuit smash. Thereafter Stump Clarke and Massey got hits and Kress was passed but Howard CamI hSndlad fhraa f1ias in the meantime tC