The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
BOTH MAKE g HITS,
BUT ERRORS LOSE 1T
Good And Bennett Twill In Vain AS Stewards
Have Off Day In Field
tBy Leased Wirs to The Az. HeraIdl

by Leased Wire to The Age-Herald)
MOBILE, Ala, May 4.--Mobile just
breezed to victory over the Birming-
ham club in the final game of the series
this afternoon by the score Of 8 to 8, the
visitors playing a ragged game and
Pitcher Good, who started the game for
the Barons, blowing up in the sixth
inning.
Joe Acosta turned in fine pitching
ehort IN the game, the Barons punching
hits off hinS in only one inning. The
wonderful support and brilliant play
ing Of the Mobile, team helped the lift
tie hlrler win his game in fact, saved
him from defeat, both infeld and outfeld
starring in this department Of the
one-sided contest.
~ Miss Opening Chance
The Barons had a runner on base in
their first half of the opening inning
due to Brausen's double and an infield
out, q catch by Williams behind the
third base holding the speedy runner at
third
Run making by the Bears was put
on in the first inning. With one out
Marriott singled to right, stole second
and went to third when Stewart threw
the ball past Good on the relay. Man
ager HUM inserted himself into the
game with q smash to right center and
when the ball got back into the infield
Daddy was resting on third base.
HUM was left on third when Boone
rolled out from Brausen to Knode. The
Barons took the lead in the second in
ming when they scored two runs on
singles by Camp, Rings double and
Speneer's single to right.
Mobile wiped out the one-run lead
Of the Barons in their part of the Sec
ond. Cueto went safe when Ring
threw his grounder bad to first while
Devormer was striking out, Cueto stole
second. Kelly moved Cueto to third
when he grounded out from short to
first. Acosta hit bali at Stewart that
took bad bound and Joe went safe
while Cueto crossed the plate.
Barons Tie Knot
The Bears took the lead again in
the third when Marriott walked, was
sacrificed to second and scored on
Boone's single to center. s
Another tie was made possible when
the Barons showed over run in the
fourth. Camel reached first when Kelly
booted his grounder, Bremen, who re-
placed Camp in the lineup when the
latter retired on account of a bad heel.
6unted to Acosta, who fumbled the ball,
Camel reaching third. Rings sacrifice
moved Brenner to second, while CANCEL
held third. Spencer sent out 4 long
sacrifice fly to Mulvey and Camel
scored easily.
The session remained tied until the
Bears came to the bat in the sixth in
: ming and when the frame was closed
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games and drove Good from the rubber.
Manager HUM opened on Good with
double to right. Boone put one
through short when Ring was busy try
ing to trap HUM and the Mobile pilot
crossed the plate, Boone hustling onto
second while Jeanes messed up the ball.
Good lost all control and passed Cueto
and Manager Stewart waved him to the
bench and called on Carl Bennett to
try and stop the Bears.
AL Devormer, the first Bear to face
Bennett, cracked double to left and
big Daniel dented the plate while Cueto
took third. Bennett suffered q case 81
wiIdness and Kelly walked. Acosta
grounded to Ring and Cueto was out at
the plate and while Spencer was trying
to double Joe at first big AL Deyormer
raced safely across the plate. Kelly
Wob picAeu OIL second. Williams
drew base on balls, making the third
man toNwalk in the inning. Marriott
dropped a Texas Lacquer ii left that fell
between Camel and Ring. Ocosta and
ID. Williams scoring.
HUM II Big Star
The visitors did not cause any trouble
to Acosta after the fourth inning,
Home hits, real classy fielding in which
big Dan Boone was the big star, helped
the Cuban highlander in his struggle
to victory.
Manager HUM furnished the real
hitting Of the game with triple and
double out of four times up.
Boone, whose slugging has. been a real
big factor of the Bears play this week,
won the hearts Of the big Sunday crowd
with his play. Daniel hit safe twice in
the pinches and in the eighth pulled two
feature catches.
Ring and Brausen did the principal
hitting for the Magic City bunch, the
fielding of the latter being sparkling.
The Barons left the city tonight for
Atlanta and it was announced that
Shortstop Hartford would be back in
the game,
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