The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
Barons Battle Eeven Innings With Trauelers 70 Dra
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Stewart Pulls Big Sensation By Cracking Homer In Ninth With Two Men On Base

In a sensational battle Of bats Mon day afternoon at Redwood field the Little Rock Travellers and Birmingham Barons went eleven rounds to a draw. The score was 12-12 and the game called on account of darkness. The tide of battle ebbed and flowed and the team that looked like a winner one moment was a very poor second in the next. The Elberfelds got 24 safe clOuts, the Barons got 14; timely hitting bal anced it up.
 In this torrent of base hits Mir. Paul 'sNick" Carter was introduced into the maelstrom-like position held by the Barons in theN Southern league. His reception was warm. After giving him a six-rOund lead he tossed away the proffered succOr of his teammates when seven Travellers came to the plate in the eighth and hit. while six of them travelled round the bases. Philbin got a double and single in this inning, mak- ing eight hits. Carter came out of a bad hole earlier in the game when the bases were full in the fifth with one man down and no one tallied. How ever, though some of the hits were fluky, the Travellers collected a gen erous toll off his delivery and when he finished the eight he did not show up for the ninth stanZa. Gray went in and pitched to three men and was promptly jerked and Sep Good finished the encounter Nineteen hits were obtained off Carter in eight innings.
 Traveller Pitching Poor
 As for the Little Rockers they got pitching of no better brand. Mccall was hit in the pinches and walked out of the box after he had passed Camp in the fifth. Cash took up the battle and lasted until the finish of the sev- enth Richbourg then went in and finished the game.
 As disappointed fans were silently filing out of the scantly populated bleachers in the ninth inning the sen satiOn of the game came to pass. The Barons were three runs behind. Hart ford had started the inning with single but RObertsOn'S best effort was a pop to second. Richbourg non chalantly let Hartford stroll around the bags to third and when he passed Brausen it did not cause ripple In the stands, for Good had just finish ed making the second out by whiting prior to Brausen's appearance on the screen. It was then that Manager John Franklin Stewart came up at the pIate-the fans continued filing out of the stands. But the crowd was stop ped dead as the crack of Stewards bat resounded through the park. The ball hit squarely on the left field foul line about half way to the fence. With its white spot of lime Hitting through the grass the pellet continued on its course. Barber pursued the apple but demond-Iike it evaded his first stab and his second while Stewart raced fleetly passed second, to third and started home. The Trevelers left field CT finally captured the ball and threw to third from where Philbin relayed the ball home but Stuffy's slide put him over safe. The miracle was com plete and the remaining two innings of the contest were of the anti-cllmax nature.
 A Thriller
 The game was a thriller and con test for the fans. It was featured by both sensational fielding and hitting. Babe Herman, after knocking three balls over the fence in batting practice, sent one far over the wall in the ninth with a man on base. This, with his double and two singles put him in the spotlight for Little Rock hitters. Bar ber, however, pulled some sensational batting with a double and four singles out of six triples and two singles out of five times up. Rhode get a double and two singles.
 The fielding hOnOrs of the day, how ever, went to Babe Ganzel. He hog xed the limelight. Seven times he received the ball and stopped a travel ling Traveller His most sensational catch was of Cash's terrific drive far into left field. He turned and ran back toward the fence taking the ball over his shoulder. Another time he ran in close and took GuyOn's low drive on the first hop, by trapping it on the run, and threw him out at sec Ond base. He took a fly of Guyon's after a hard run later in the game.
 Michaels, Traveller shOrtstop. dis played a brilliant brand of fielding at short and collected three singles as well.
 Travellers Count
 The Travellers tallied first by count ing in the first inning. GuyOn was safe on fielder's choice and Barber and