The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
Games Today. Shreveport at New Orleans. Nashville at Memphis.

The Barons' hits were timely and Bre- itenstein and the Pelicans went into the air in the fourth inning, allowing Bir- mingham to win the game. Score: Bir- mingham 5; New Orleans, 4.
 The Barons had the game easy until Sehiap and Hafford made errors in the ninth and nearly cost the game. Sohiap was guilty of a dumb play that allowed the Pelicans to score their last run. He made one bad error and fumbled an easy grounder, all in rapid succession.
 Fully one-half the crowd left the park believing that Breitenstein was safe at first in the last inning. Umpire Black called him out on a close decision. Had he been safe it would have meant the bases full and Stanley at the bat As it was the side was retired. Williams was on second when Breitenstein hit to Schiap, who fumbled the ball. and threw to Vaughan The ball beat the runner there according to MT. Black, but Will Hams could hardly have scored on the play, so the score could not have been tied on the decision
 Smith Scored Twice.
 Carlos Smith found the ball twice yes. terday and scored both times and as- sisted materially in getting two of the other runs. In the second inning he led off with a single, went to third when Breitenstein threw wild to second base to catch him on Matthew's sacrifice, and scored on Schiap's sacrifice.
 In the fourth the Pelicans made three
 l,,1 nd fOIIr singles. Nadeau walked Hahn singled to left and Rohe to right. Smith made bad throw to the infield and the ball went to the bleacher fence. Nadeau scored and Hahn went to third. Beck and Williams singled and Hahn and Rhoe scored. Half ford threw Beck out at the plate, Holly sacrificed tnd Stratton was thrown out trying to steal second.
 How 6arons Won Game.
 In the last of the same inning Dele hanty drew a free pass to first, and Smith singled to right. Delehanty went to third on the throw and Smith to sec ond On a passed ball by Stratton Dele hantv scored and Smith went to third. Matthews drew base on balls, Schiap singled over first and Smith scored Will Hams threw the ball away and Matthews scored, while Schiap went to second. Moore and G. Clarke were easy outs, but Hafford drew 8 pass to first and Hem messy was safe on first when Beck fum- bled his grounder. With the bases full and two out, Vaughan hit a short fly to second, which Williams caught. f
 In the next inning Ginger Clarke sin gled to right field and Hafford drove the ball to the left field fence for two bags Ginger scoring. In the last inning, with one out, Beck singled. He went to sec ond on an error by Hafford in fielding Williams sacrifice. Holly struck out and Stratton hit to Moore, who fielded the ball to second in time to catch Williams, but Schiap dropped the ball. When he recovered it he stood on the bag and held the ball until Beck scored.
 Breltenstein hit grounder to Schiap, who fumbled it. but recovered and threw to first Umpire Black called the runner out and the game was over. Ihe decision was very close.
 Moore made a sensational catch of fly over short in the ninth, and Hennessy made several running catches which brought forth rounds of applause.
 New Orleans failed to show any of the fast fielding or great base running for which they have been proclaimed the leaders of the league. The fielding yes terday was very dumb at critical stages of the game.
 Yesterdays was the first game that Breitenstein has lost this season. The last time he and Ginger Clarke faced each other each team secured six hits, but the Peicans won New Orleans has not won a Saturday game this season. Sa1lee, the left-hand sabman who Bir- nlingham has been carrying on the staff all spring, was yesterday sold to Merid- ian, in the Cotton States league and Ike Butler, who was bought from Atlanta about three weeks ago. was sold to the Charleston team in the South Atlantic lea eue