The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-05

Ganzel, Hartford, Spencer and POP [ sounds very much like the rhythm of an ancient ballad, but it proved mod hern victory slogan yesterday at Rick wood when the bats of the mentioned quartet sang out successive hits to whip Mobile in flambuoyant ninth inning rally of the second game. The score was 6-5. It gave the locals a double atriumph and made three straight from Huhn's harried henchmen, as Clarke had blanked lem in the morning, 80.
 s That POP nickname certainly proved an appropriate omen for the Fourth. Going into the ninth needing three runs
 to tie, Babe Ganzel and Hartford sin t.gled with one man out. Roy Spencer 9.fouled off pair to adjust his sights, then buckshot one past Marriott to score Ganzel and put Hartford on third. Ss The Bears kicked strenuously on Pigue' 5 ssdecision that the ball was fair.
 Forth from the dugout crept the much smaligned Claude ("Popsl Robertson. Pop hasn't been the fayorite he was last year, but frenzied fanatics all over aithe stands were backing him to the limit Friday. He took a strike and three balls, then fouled two more to s9place the situation at the ultimate point ssof tension. Jose Acosta went way back for his fast one and POP-there Event the ball. far, far down the center < field groove and trailing behind like the sstail of comet was the ball game. s It was an easy home run. but the 9rules, just give Pop double. The wild rest demonstration of the season fol-
 lowed. Fans poured out on the field sslike water over the Johnstown dam. asNet even the sbacehanalian orgy after that 12-frame victory over Atlanta
 equaled it.
 'A Coming after the Barons had appar- gently, expended their last ounce to give Lundgren a 3-1 lead only tos have him
 Jose it on his wildness, it was entirely sunexpected.' B.
 e Marriott -iples
 z Marriott's triple and a wild pitch
 gave the visitors running start in the ssecond. The next four innings Lund- gren got by we'll enough. He was pret- .ty wild and his fast one had tend
 ency to bounce with much vigor when Rft was hit, but bangup fielding helped
 him and he steadied in the pinches
 The Barons forged ahead in the
 fourth, due largely to. Al Devormer's s
 loss of focus on the second bag. Rhode
 opened with a single. Jeanes bunted
 Land Devormer had Rhode at second, but &his throw went over Cueto's head, Kelly z, knocking it down by desperate effort.
 Camp spanked one to Marriott, who
 made one of several pretty plays in Athrowing him out with no advance. De sNvormer then tried to catch Rhode nap
 ping and threw low, the runners ad-
 yancing. Ganzel skipped a. hit past sCreto and put the Barons one run gahead.
 Lundgren ascended in the seventh Fwhen singles by Devormer. and Ellis, 8tDelly Williams double and Gueto's sac erifice fly chased over three runs. Kelly ,sopened the eighth with, single to left gsand Devormer bounded one over Rhode s Shead to put him on third. Ellis drove Gin the fifth run with sacrifice fly,
 hnd when the locals went out in order sin the last half. their goose seemed cook. Esed to a turn. But after tltat was the
 ninth and the wild tale oe won game q Kenneth Jones, who relieved Lund-
 Rren after he walked Denny slN Nilliams F in the eighth, pulled the homelings out
 of a nasty hole and did not allow a Mhit while he was in there.
 s Bill Marriott was the big star of the
 game. This kid looks the part of the
 best third corner man in thewheel. He
 pIayed a wonderful fielding game, cold chiseling several incipfent Stewart ral- lies, stole three bases and banged out "a xlashing triple.
 1s Red Bates and Tommy >Long will Every probably be the hurlers for Sat
 urday's game. Red turned in al great
 game against Atlanta early in the week
 and will be hard to beat.