The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
DETROIT WON IN
 THE FINAL ROUND
Tigers 0utfniSh Barons, Who
 Put Up Stubborn Game
TODAY IS DETR0IT'S LAST
"Red" Donohue, the Great Veteran of ArmouTs Staff, Against "Ginaer" .. Clark and Wilhelm In Final
 Game This Afternoon.

The game yesterday was another one of those nerve racking exhibitions of the national pastime which have been pulled off so frequently this spring in the ante season combats with the major league clubs here. Yesterdays contest was any bodys game until the pride of the South side German contingent in Chicago | cleaned up with a corking crack in the final Inning for Detroit.
 Birmingham put up a great exhibition of nervy, heady, brilliant baseball, and deserves all credit even in the defeat by such narrow margin. When d minor league club can play the best clubs of the American league to a standstill, that minor league club must have the goods stored away in their makeup somewhere Three times against New York Birming- ham lost by a single score, and two of the games were extra inning affairs Twice the Clevelands were fought to d one-run finish, and yesterday Detroit got all they were looking for and only man aged to skin out the game in the final round at the willow.
 Manager Armour took the halter off of Killian, his great southpaw, and led him from the stable. This shifty youth. who is considered one of the greatest finds In a pitching way that has been unearthed in the past five years, was met with a bunch of healthy bingles and determined opposition on the part of the Barons, which caused him to let himself out to the last notch, especially during the final and most exciting innings.
 Hickman pitched the first four innings for the locals and was up to his usual splendid form. He allowed three hits, one souse for two sacks by Sam Craw- ford which showed a run over. Sallee pitched the final innings and also did finely. He showed good stuff up to the last inning, when the heavy hitters from the Michigan metropolis found his offer ings for the deciding score of the game.
 Detroit began their run-gettng in the first. After two hands were down Me Intyre connected safely, and by great burst of speed scored on Crawfords long two-bagger Birmingham proceeded to get very busy in the second Smith drew a pass, Elsey took fast one In the slats and Walters was safe on Dot Boy" Schaeffer's high diving exhibition of his hit. When the ozone cleared Smith had scored and Elsey was resting jauntly on Coughlin's corner. Oyler jared Stone pile" Killian with a clean drive to right and Elsey ambled home. From the sec ond to the eighth the game was hard fought and closely contested.
 Mcintyre, who had started the trouble before. cut loose another bingle, was sacrificed to second, and scored on Scranton Bill" Coughlin's sting to right center. Detroit won out in the final in- ming Payne hit safe, advanceu to third on Cobb's long single and closed the game up when the Dutch" comedian tore off a wallop between left and center. For the second time in two days Birming- ham put the clamps on the attempted "squeaze" play of the visitors. In the seventh Kl1lian hit safe and Cobb was allowed life on an outfield error, Kill Han going to third on the play and Cobb to second. Knlian dashed for the plate with Schaffer up and was neatly trapped by Matthews.
 During this inning foul ball went up in the bDeachers, and in descending fell squarely on the solid bone pate of a freak with a megaphone. After striking the piece of ivory. the sphere bounded fully twenty-five feet up In the ozone and then fell Squarely at Red" Donohue's feet, who was coaching near third base for Detroit Red holds the ball as a memento od the trip as an object hay ing come i'm unconscious contact with the only man living with a solid ivory skull, who. never for an instant checked his ceaseless yelping.