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... •••••••a 1 * ~~>RTING NEWS EDITED BY , D LIVE GOSSIP the Crackers HUGH W. ROBERTS J®I)M EVERYWHERE Here Come Georgia ••••••"••*************""** I“—jw.Wt •«••••••aaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa •■•••••••••••••••••••■••■••a ••••••••«••••••••••••• fHOUT EXTENDING HIMSELF POINTERS TO FANDOM JEHARTY DEFEATS THE BARONS i.................................................... The Barons, in no game of this season, manager, now scouting for thp New York in the field. home run which generally i3 swatted have had a full team Giants, is In Birmingham. lie witnessed AT AND WALKS LOCALS every afterfioon. On the first day there was no right- the game yesterday. I ILL, BI T TANNEHILL H AS fielder. Mique Is another league In the second it became that apparent As soon as the rlghtfielder came, there scouts who Is after Derrlll fratt. He INJURES Tannehill had and was destined loTHING—ELLIOTT nothing was no shortstop. understands, however, that the (Montgom- HIMSELF AND ELLAM PLAYS to receive a severe walloping. Smith, When the shortstop got back in the ery, "phenom" has been sold to the 8t. and Storch in succes- Schwartz singled game there was an outfielder missing. Louis Americans. hit a sacrifice fly, and sion, Lindsay And at the present time one of the catch- There is something lamentablfe in this. Munson and Fleharty singled. Bay and JTHERN LEAGUE STANDING ers Is injured. Pratt could obtain a trial from practically Wiseman retired the side after the Vols At the present time, furthermore, the any club In either of the big leagues, Won. t^ost. Pet. on five hits had circled the bases four Played. team is in a worse condition than ever and yet he must go to St. Louis, i Detroit 35 18 •**> Orleans .. 53 times. In the sixth a double by Schwarts before. wants hlm„ Cleveland wants him, New 51 21 .->8S sent another teofnery and a bingle by Munson 'em raj 27 -491 Jxtok over. York wants him, and the Philadelphia kingham *. 33 26 and in run into the opponents' column, A W 55 25 27 -4S0 pitcher is in the outfield and a crip- Nationals have asked President Bkugh of tinoogt the eighth, the bottom fell out o! the 54 25 29 .463 pled player is at shortstop. ElUott is Birmingham to endeavor to land him for |hts was the 22 26 4.k3 bucket. Smith, first up, hit by I ... 48 hurt, and Wagner cannot, on account them. 29 .453 hall and lie stole. After Schwarts had K lllie .. 33 24 of an do himself Ill injured finger, justice It is understood that Pratt will .not go 53 23 31 .426 fanned, Storch tripled, scoring Smith. ft,,,,-.. in the pitcher's bo*. co St. I<6uls. Lindsay's hit, following, scored Storch. Results Yesterday It strikes us that something must be while never with a Mique Finn, very success- 3. In the fourth, Wagner opened ighvllle 7. Birmingham done oft the reel. ful as a the Barons right manager, was given credit for 1^" 5. Mobile 2. home run to deep center, but L nooga The to our * BaronS, mind, considering being one of the best Judges of young >mery C. Memphis 5. scored no more though McGilvray and everything, have done marvelously well, ball players in the business. ’rleans 5. Atlanta 4. Ellam did single. In the sixth Johnson but you cannot expect a crippled bunch It was natural, therefore, that he and Ellant were hit by Fleharty and on yr iwon Arthur Fletcher to win a should fall into the of Games Today Tannchlll's luscious to right the pennant. berth a scout. He }$ wallop as to his. to handle the the knack of snapping the ball to the Every time the Giants are apparently doubt ability do not what to advise the as- a at Birmingham. first We know Is p'opular in Birmingham and every- ^ former scored. In the ninth Ellam, about to be wrecked by the loss of war club effectively. But Fletcher sacks in a way that curbs base run- ilg at Mobile. sociation save that something must be where else, for that matter. No j| up, walked. Tannehill singled and third playing stars through injury or illness bounded into the offense like a sea- ners’ ambitions. man at Montgomery. ^ nooga and second were occupied when Storch some of the brood that Tohn McGraw soned slugger and has been showing "Josh” Devore is a regular, but his done to bolster up the club. has a wider baseball acquaintance than ~T lie at New Orleans is so that it can threw wildly to the infield. Marcan has had beside him on the bench leaps the results of schooling unde'.* Mc- present rating high We do not demand that a pennant be he, and this may be the reason he Is do- kl Graw art be recalled that McGraw has to the Infield and Phelan, be- forward and the Giants go right along in the of "placing ’em.” hardly won. be childhood'* hour, popped up We might satisfied with third ing such good work for McGraw. j .ver thus from with to "A sweet is the ver- been the fleet outfielder for ing hit with the ball, filled the bases. an unbroken front. An injury mighty catcher" grooming fondent hope* decay; place if we can't get first or second. I 'ifea my hit to left was “Larry” Doyle gave Arthur Fletcher a dict in the case of Arthur Wilson, an- several seasons on the Giants’ bench, <>r flower VIolesworth's caught by The Atlanta Crackers come to rd In time of mow other of hands been as a Newark farm hand and finally as But It Is doubtful if the club, in Its Birming- in a spectacular manner, but Ellam chance for duty In the infield. This the spare who have ^ cnstswa.v. Bay ham for five A ml lm n useless the and understudy had already been worked recently. Wilson works smooth- a promising candidate for a regular s present condition, can finish as good as today games. double- —Bn tu«. scored. Wagner retired side youthful 1 was with bats and has berth. header will be this rnded the game on a fly to center. approved as an inflelder, but there ly all pitchers, well third. played afternon and In its another Saturday. uol bow easy your «li- present condition,, the club, were «<*me Fleharty hit four men, walked three The at the jcot «■ have it to finish in the first division, would Crackers, present time, are ft, you’ve ithers and hits, one a home Iatter* yielded eight going well, and the In their ; a pitcher yourwelf. Bar- ELWERT’S HOME RUN LOOKOUTS ARE PELICANS EVEN UP be doinff excellently. Barons, pres- edition). •un and another a double. But the _Bobo (revlaed ent condition, will have to go at a terrific ins got but three runs. DEFEATS TURTLES GOING SOME WITH THE CRACKERS We've got to pull something off. clip to beat them in a mijorlty of the BII.I. AX By MIque Finn, the old Southern five Hill Nashville The Official Score won (our of their New June 14.—New Orleans league games. Hi W. E. m Flehartv on the Montgomery, June 14.—Montgomery Mobile, June 14.—Bunching Orleans, H. A. E. ... I afternoon, Birmingham— AB. R. PO. on the series with here J the Barons yesterday from in a thrilling game this six hits In the seventh Inning, among them evened up Atlanta Marcan, 2b.5 0 0 4 7 0 Memphis trick with marvelous Elwert s home two doubles and a home run, Chattanoo- today, winning out by 5 to 4. Atlanta f med the Phelan. 3b. 3 0 0 3 4 0 afternoon, score 6 to 6. made a clean of the win- made a bid for the game in the Molesworth, cf, 4 0 2 0 0 0 run In the ninth inning decided the game. ga sweep series, strong of too 0 she a however, rf. .,. 4 l 1 2 1 and ning today's game 5 to 2. Allen had one seventh inning, when it looked like s not case, Wagner, The score had sec-sawed back forth, STORY OF THE CRACKERS lb. .. 3 0 1 1ft ft 0 was to who but too little Tannehill. McOilvray, nine errors a bad Inning, which cost him the game, doomed a shut-out. Veasey, leharty, 4 ft 0 through innings, playing iJH Fohnston, If. ... 3 1 0 the Barons played while More was after the first had allowed only two singles up to that 4 0 1 3 4 0 part in the run getting. Mem- steady ‘"^■^rthennore, ITantz, ss.-c. ... conspicuous that did the wrong three innings. Score: inning, let down and the visitors scored Ily PERCY H. WHITING txith In they Ellam, S3.2 1 3 1 2 1 phis took the lead in the second and In was necessary, and ft 0 0 ft 0 Mobile. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. four. Otto Hess was rushed to Veasey’su when the right Elliott, c.ft the next lost it, and thus It went Is I inning your average ball player tall or anatomy 01 any kind of a bone in hi* failed rannehill, 4 0 2 0 1 0 Smith, ss. 4 0 0 2 3 0 assistance, when two men were still left on many occasions they p. the end. head. jil*. to cf. 4 0 1 2 0 0 short, large or small, right-handed or of Bavless, on bases and he retired the side and fin- advantage opportunities. features of the was a 'rtiose figures tell you what Trr» Totals.32 3 S 27 19 1 Among the game Rohe, 3b.
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