The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-15


Eighteen hundred fans saw the Trav-
elers take very exciting game from
the Barons yesterday afternoon. 1t was
a contest full of ifs, and If the Barons
could have secured just one more hit
half a dozen times it would have been all
off with the visitors.
The Travellers out-batted the Barons,
outplayed them in the field and luck hung
over them like big horseshoe. AS a
matter of additional fact they are showing
superior form to any team that has been
here this season, and they are the last
of the seven foreign teams to visit Mount
Stag.
Anyone who has watched the Little Rock
team will be willing to wager money that
the team finishes in the first division. The
batters are hammering the ball, the
fielders are fast, and they run bases we'll
Game Won and Lost.
Matthews probably won and lost the
game for the Barons yesterday. His hits
scored two runs in the fourth In the
third he dropped a ball at the plate and
thus allowed Johnson to score. In the
fourth he threw to second to catch Gear
trying to steal and Moore did not return
the ball TO catch Taylor at the plate. The
play was slow But the winning run came
In the seventh on a similar play. Read
ing was on third and Johnson on first.
johnson started to steal second and Mat
ty threw badly to Moore, who made an
other miserable throw to the plate to
catch Reading coming home from third.
The ball went badly and Reading scored,
while Johnson went to third. 1t was a
bad piece of head work with close score.
A triple by Blake, an error by Moore,
single by Taylor and double by Nc
Cam resulted in three runs in the first
inning. In the second Garvin hit safe.
was sacrificed to second, went to third on
a balk of Pylant and scored on Blake's
single Hurley singled and Taylor doubled
scoring Blake and Hurley
johnson trippled in the third and
reached home on Matthew'S error. One
more run came in the fourth on two
singles and a throw by Matthews to sec
ond to catch Gear stealing the base.
Taylor scored from third on the throw.
Baron scores.
The Barons scored one in the first
Hafford hit safe, but was thrown out at
second on a fielder's choice. He went
to make double at first, and Hennessy
and Delehanty followed with hits. scor-
ing him.
In the fourth, Schiap singled to left,
Moore reached first on an error of Blake
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Ter singled. Hennessy singled, Delehanty
doubled and Matty singled scoring six
runs. Watt relieved Bolin in this in
ming.
Chance to Win.
In the seventh Gear singled and was
thrown out at second trying to stretch
the hit to two bags. Reading singled and
johnson singled. 1t was then ,nat a
run was made when Matty threw to
Moore and Moore returned the ball badly
Hafford reached second In the eighth on
an error of Johnson in throwing to first.
went to third on wild pitch of Watt
and scored on Miller's out from third
to first Delehanty led off with single
in the ninth and was sacrificed IN Sec
ond. 1t only required one run to tie
score. He advanced to third on Matthew's
out Schiap. drew walk and Vaughan
went in to bat for Moore re flew out
to Gear in left field and the game was
over.
Several times the Barons could have
won the game with one hit. but fortune
was against them. Mccain pulled down
hit off Matthews bat which would have
scored three runs, and ~. go ing
Gear shut off several extra bases on
hits to his territory.
The crowd enjoyed the game and the
roofing surpassed anything at West End
this season. 1t was a hard game to lose
and made the seventh straight victory
for Little Rock on the road, a new
Southern League record.