The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-23

went into a tie for leadership of south ern league home run clouters when he drove his sixth homer over the right field wall. Lapan hit one at Little Rock to keep from dropping behind. The ball cleared the fence over the Southern league sign boards.
 Stuffy Stewart and Howard Camp hit in their fourteenth official game con secutively, although both obtained safe l ties in the three-inning contest Tn Nash vile which actually gave them 10 con secutiye games. Paschaps home run edriye marked his thirteenth consecu- tive game to hit safely in.
 The Crackers opened the game ln the usual opposing team style and pat ted around a couple of runs in the first inning. Zoellers started it with sin gle and Olsen walked McCabe. Camp made great catch of PaschaIs drive, but his effort was unavailing for Olsen walked the next man to fill the bases. Smith then popped up to Stewart put Krehmeyer singled over short and zoel, lers and McCabe scored. Hlllls touled out to Robertson. This marked the close of the opening spasm of the agony
 Tn the second with one down Francis drove one out of the park. The next two men went out. 'sz
 Seven BarOns Score
 It. was in the last half of the second that the Baron wrecking crew got busy. Eight times Baron bats cracked and the ball fell in safe territ--y and seven men crossed the plate. Camp hit hot grounder te Burrus and he muffed the ball. Jeanes hit long drive to Nc Cabe and was out. Hartford hit terrific drive off Burrus' shins and Camp went to third base. Robertson singled to center and Camp scored. Ol- sen singled, filling the bases. Brausen singled and Hartford scorde, Stewart singled and Robertson and Olsen scored, Stewart going to second. Rhode sin gled and Brausen scored. The play at first on Rhodes infeld ground ball was close but Burrus dropped Francis throw and while he was trying to get it up Stewart went home. Ganzel sin gled but Rhode was thrown out at third by McCabe when he tried to take two bases on the short hit. Camp, on his second time up during the inning, sim gled and Francis was sent to the show 1 CTS. Niehaus took the mound for the Crackers and Camp was thrown out l trying to steal second base, ending the inning.
 Crackers Continue
 The Barons were given short resplte for the Niehoffs came back in the next inning and cracked out a bigger lead. Gary took the mound for the Barons at the start of the game and McCabe greeted him with a single. He stole second while Spencer, who relieved Rob- ertson at the start of the inning, toyed | with the ball. Paschal walked then 1 Spencer let one of Gray's offerings get by him and both men advanced base. l Again he let ball get by him and Me Cabe scored and Paschal took third. l Burrus singled scoring Paschal and @lGray. struck out Smith. Krehmeyer was safe aud Burrus took third when Rhode dropped Hartford's easy throw to first. Gray struck out Hills but Haworth scored Burrus with a sin gle. Niehaus grounded out.
 The Barons counted one in the sev- enth. Camp opened with a double to right and Jeanes advanced him with a single. Hartford, however, hit into a double play but Camp scored. Spen- cer, hitting for Bates, grounded out.
 Crackers Threaten
 The Crackers threatened in the ninth. Zoellers walked and McCabe hit to Hartford who threw the ball through Stewart in attempting a double play. The ball rolled far into right field but Zoellers sat on second and made no feffort to advance, though he might have scored. Burrus then hit a short drive to center and Jeanes made a pretty one-hand, shoe-string catch of it and doubled Zoellers off second.
 Burrus grounded out at first.
 McCabe cut big feature in the Cracker game. In addition to getting two hits out of four times credited at bat he scored four runs and took six
 putouts in center field. Hesmade one sensational running catch of Rhodes long drive to right center.
 Olsen led Baron swatters with three singles out of three times up. Camp hit double and single out of five tries. Hartford got two singles out of four tries. Stewart did likewise. I The Barons and Crackers will play again Friday with Niehoff probably using Dumont, while Stewart will like ly continue his display of pitching tal- ent with Bates or Bonnet leading the