The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-23
BEARS HIT GRAY AND
SEVERAL ERRORSHURT
Stewart Is Out And Little Improvement Is Ex-
pected Under Circumstances

II the Bears stay at Redwood long
enough 1t looks like it will be a sure
w.alkaway for Huhn's gang in the pen
,nant race. They have already thriVed
well enough to tie for first place with
New Orleans on the strength of their
victory Monday and 11-to-5 win Tues
day. On the other hand it doesn't seem
possible for the Lookouts to hold on
to the cellar much longer. for the
Barons are already pushing them for
the place.
The Mobile club has demonstrated
while here the value of good spring
training and the weather that jinxed
the Barons so much during their early
practice is nebv exacting ITS heavy toll.
To make matters worse an epidemic of
influenza has swept over the Barons'
camp and Manager Stuffy Stewart and
Arthur Olsen have had to take to the
bed, while several other FASTENERS are
barely able to get into uniform. Hartford
was called away on account of sickness
and so this was another item for the
Barons' trouble column.
Gray Gives Up II Hits
Elmer Gray started the contest Tues
day and finished 1t also, for that mat
ter, despite the II hits for all distances
except four-baggers garnered off him.
The five or six errors made behind him
did not help matters, nor the misplays
that cannot be shown in the box score.
Bill Ellis pitched for the Bears and
the IL hits obtained off him went for
.nought. for five runs were of no con-
sequence in the game.
The Bears got away to an early start
and counted one in the first. However,
the Barons played good baseball until
the fifth. The game was progressing
very nicely and indications were that,
despite the crippled condition of the
team, IL was going to play a steady
game and possibly come to the finish
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the most enthusiastic fan had no doubt
as to the outcome, and the Bears con-
tinued scoring until the last. 4
Tuesday was ladies' day and good
sized delegation of the fair fans turned
out, but the locals did not show them
much in the way of high-class baseball
talent.
Errors Count Heavily
1t was an error that let the first man
score, and errors played a dominant
part throughout the game. Marriott
was thrown out at first by Brausen
and Cueto flew out at Camp. Mulvey hit
grounder to Tooley and he threw low
TO first. HUM hit a triple and Mulvey
scored. Williams ended the inning by
flying out
The Barons tied the count in the sec
ond. Robert Knode opened the inning
with double to right field. Camel
followed with single, but was forced
at second by Bremen. Robertson hit a |
fluke fly Just back of shortstop and |
Knode scored. Tooley hit a grounder
TO Kelly and he started a double play |
that ended the inning.
Mobile tooN the lead in the fourth, !
when Devormer tripled and Kelly sin |
gled, after Pratt was out at first, send !
ing the Bears catcher home Ellis |
forced Kelly at second, Marriott walked, !
but Cueto flew out to Camel. q
Barons Tie Score
The Barons tied again in their half |
of the fourth. Knode led off with a |
single. but Camel popped up to De-
vormer in attempting to sacrifice. Bren-
ner singled to right, Robertson hit fly |
to Mulvey and Knode scored after the /
catch. Tooley flew out to Cueto.
In the fifth the whole works went up |
for the Barons and five hits and an
error and bonehead play or so ac-
counted for ffve-Funs. Mulvey. started |
the inning with single TO center, |
HUM flew out to Jeanes.ts- Williams |
singled to center. DeVornner followed
with drive that hit the Chero-CoIa
sign in right center and took two bags. I
Mulvey and Williams scored. Pratt hit !
to center field and Jeanes threw. wild |
at the plate to get DeVormer and Pratt |
took second. Kelly singled and Pratt
scored. Ellis was thrown out at first. |
Marriott walked and got into a chase
between first and second. While Bren-
ner held the ball, undecided on where
TO play it, Kelly raced home. Marriott |
stopped and allowed himself to be put |
out after the runner had crossed the /
plate. !
The Stewards scored one in their
half Of the fifth. Gray opened with a |
single but was forced at second by
RSausen. Camp went out at first but |
Jeanes singled, scoring Brausen. Knode |
walked and Camel hit a long drive to |
Rhino Williams for the last kill.
Bears Score Some More
In the eighth and ninth the Bears
scored a pair of runs. Ellis opened
the eighth with a single and Marriott |
attempted a sacrifice which Knode !
fielded, after fumbling an instant and |
all hands were safe. Cueto forced Mar
riott at second. Mulver forced Cueto
at second but Ellis scored. HUM |
singled and Marriott scored but HUM i
was caught off the bag when he ran
too far down toward second base.
Williams walked to start the ninth
and DeVormer singled. Pratt flew out |
to Jeanes, while Kelly singled and VIII
Hams scored. Ellis singled to right aAd |
DeVormer scored. Marriott fouled out |
to Brausen and Cueto was out at first !
In the final frame the Barons started |
a rally that Melted two runs. Bremen
singled but was forced at second by |
Robertson. Spencer went In to bat for |
Tooley and hit a single over short. |
Gray hit a grounder to Cueto which he !
let get away and Robertson scored |
Brausen hit single but Camp fol- |
lowed by forcing him at second while |
Gray scored. Jeanes ended the game |
by lining out to Williams.
Final OF Series Today
The hitting of DeVormer was the big |
feature Of the game. He got two |
singles, a double and a triple out of
five tries. Ellis got three hits out of |
five tries. Knode, Bremen and Brausen {
led the Barons with the stick.
The final game Of tine series will be
played Wednesday afternoon.