The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
|BARONS BEATEN AGAIN {. MAKING FIFTH IN ROW
StnfFy And Camp Hit In Fifteenth Consecutive
 Game And Hartford Boosts His String To B

The bafOnS lOSL liAS ii1" game Friday afternoon when AIlan.a defeated the homelings, lO to /, benny Karr twirled masterful ball so the tact tbat Red Rates was knocked all over inc lost made little difference for up fo the ninth inning only five Barons had singled and but three hit safely in tha last frame. Karr pitched bralny hall and worked the batters well. Wltn X near-perfect defensive team Denlnd him his falterings were of little con, epouence. His hits were well scattered throughout the game and only Tn two siunings.. when the Barons got two m the second and three in the nlnth' were runs scored off him.
 AS for Bates he went in as the only f;tcher uossible for use in the game and was allowed to stay to the end de- spite the hammering of the Crackers. a;xteen hits were garnered off his of- ferings. This number included three doubles and two triples. Bates was continually in the hole and when ne got two strikes on man often threw three balls in row.
 Keep States Clean
 Stuffy Stewart and Howard Camp hit safely in their fifteenth consecu- tiye game. This does not include an abbreviated game in Nashville which went only three inningss This would actually give them 16 consecutive en- cpstnters. Paschal, Atlanta left-fleider, hH in his fourteenth consecutive game while Bruce Hartford ran his string sup to 13 consecutive games.
 ssRed' Smith, Cracker hot corner artist, went on a hitting spree ana fed ali batters with a double and three singles out of five times up. Zoeilers. WiIlis and Krehmeyer hit a pair Of singles each out of four tries.
 Stewart and Camp led the Baron at tack with two singles out of four trips
 The Crackers started hitting Bates ;n the first inning and skipped but one during the nine. However, he was in the hole often on account or poor fielding and was given loose support. He walked the first man in the game and the second doubled and this IS fair sample of the mound attack ot the locals throughout the game.
 Marathon Halted
 The fact that there were no pitch CTS available to send in to reneve Rates halted the relay marathon marcn If Captain Stewards walking artillery:
 The 36-day march of the Barons hoxmen is believed to have estaDlsned record for relay events for the con tinual march has practically been un- broken and the first wave of the box attack hardly gets into the battle De- fore a second wave has to be rusned 10 the mound to relieve the beseiged hurler. e..
 As was said before, Zoellers, firss man up for the Crackers, walked: Me Cehe followed him with a double. paschal grounded to Hartford and Me cabe was caught off second. Stewart ,nade a nice play on Burrus high bounder when he went up and got 1t fo throw Zoellers out at the plate. Erifh singled and Paschal scored. krehmeyer walked, filling the bases. Hills forced Krchmeyer at second.
 n. the second the Crackers counted pair more. Two triples came in tnls inning. The one hit by Pasehal was one of the Highest and ~ drives lIto left field seen in .. .he at Rick wood. It missed hOppmg over the short fence for a home run by bare lncnes' Haworth started the inning by ground ing out but slugging Benny harr sent n long triple into extreme left field. YoelIerss rounded out to Bates, but Ffr( abe cracked one into left field. GanzeI let the grounder get by him and McCabe took three bases while Karr scored. Paschal then came, to bat m slashed out his triple to left SCOT ing McCabe. Burrus hit terrific drive to center field which Jeanes snagSed.
 Hits Into Double Play
 The BaFons scored one tally in their half of the second. Ganzel grounded out at Hills but Camp singled into right field. Jeanes doubled to right and Camp went to third. Hartford drew pass to fill the bases. Spencer hit a grounder to Krehmeyer and he fumb- led it, all hands going safe with Camp scoring. Bates then ended the inning by hitting into an easy double play.
 Another Niehoff. hireiing crossed the platter in the fourth inning. Haworth hit a long drive down the groove for two bases. Karr laid down a Deautlful sacrifice to advance him to third. Zoel- lers singled and he scored. Zoellers went out trying to steal and McCabe flied out. .
 The Atlanta swatters cracked out three more hits off aBtes in the fifth and scored two tallies. Paschal flied out to Jeanes. Burrus singled to center and Smiths double scored him. Krehmeyer was called out on strikes but Hills singled scoring Smith. Ha- worth flied out to Camp.
 Final Game Today
 Two scored each were tailed in the last two frames. Krehmeyer started Nith a single and Bates hit Hills. Haworth sacrificed and Karr lifted a high one to Jeanes which he dropped, Krehmeyer scored. zoellers singled and Hillis scored. McCabe hit a rrounder to Rhode who tagged first and threw Zoellers out going to second.
 In the ninth Paschall was walked as fhe starter. Burrus flied out to Gan zel but Smith singled. Krehmeyer grounded out while Hillis singled SCOT