The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
BY BILL AK.

Little trouble had Little Rock yesterday.
 Ragan was not effective. Everything in uart,s repertoire was working finely.
 Then. the sun, at an inopportune time, blinded Gardner. and an "easy out went for three bags. Had the day been cloudy the Travellers might have done no better than tie the score.
 As it was, the visitors made three runs, 10 the one hung up by the locals.
 Mlque Finn wore the smile last night that was Harry's on the evening previous.
 The game started at the usual hour, with all the players in uniform ana goodly number of fans looking on' High Diving" Ragan was twirling for the Ba- rons. and the fans remembering that when he appeared defeat was our portion' waxed warm with confidence.
 Billy Hart, the veteran and sage, who has starred in thousand engagements was throwing them for the visitors. He had everything yesterday, having left nothing in the last league in which he practiced.
 While the concluding inning found the, Rarons in the shallow water, the game was q good one after all The Travellers played errorless ball, and the single mis- cue charged to Gardner Is. one more prop Orly charged to the sdn. Ragan started off nicely, and although he was touched up in the early stages, he managed to keep the bingles of the enemy well scattered. once cleverly he worked out of q mean hole.
 .I,. Ipa- htInt npn tally in the initial inning, the fans cheered lustly, saying in their hearts:
 we have them soaked again" But the best laid plans of mice and men go wrong as often as the cup slips while nearing the face.
 We didn't get the game.
 Little Rock did.
 So juicy was that first sweet morsel given bouyant life in the first inning however. that one likes to dwell upon it.
 With one down, Demont connected safe ly over third, stopping at the keystone 1. c., second base.
 Horseshoe" Smith of the Keith" legs, followed, and when his Betsy fell against the nose of the spheroid. there was a sharp report, as If an army mus ket had gone wrong on the spur of the moment
 Onward, the ball glded, higher and higher.
 Onward, the runner chased, and stopped at third
 The Barons in the first inning this, the very first one, should have sewed the game tighter than the hero of wake With but one out, and a man on third, there occurred no more scoring. Gardner went out from second to first and Meek skied to right field.
 Everything rocked along smoothly until the fifth inning.
 The Barons were wiggling helplessly before the benders of Pitcher Hart The Travellers were hitting Ragan rather free ly, out the much roaring one" was holding his own
 In the third, for instance, things looked squally. Hart started things to nov ing with a double to right. He could have gone for three bags had he tried. We'll he was sacrificed to third, and there he stood helplessy watching his two followers cruelty butched.
 The fourth was without incident. then came the fifth.
 Bowcook sent one bowling to right. and chased himself to the keystone. From that bag to the third corner he was sac rificed by Hess. Then came "Bootsle" Page and smashed a clean one to left.
 This swat accounts for the score being tied.
 But the worst was still to come.
 In the sixth the sun sold out to Finn and played the deuce with the Barons and their chances With one down. Rockenfield smashed a liner to left. It was a difficult chance but Gardner had 1t dead Just as he reached to fold 1t to his bosom the sun dropped into his op- ties The ball continued its journey, after caromlng from Gardners body, 10 the fence, and the runner went for three sacks.
 Then Douglass got a fake two sacker that skied high, and fell with the thud of A Texas leaguer. Rockenfed scored, anu Douglass was high and dry on sec ond Miller smashed a liner to left and again the sun firted in and out of the "Rubc's" eyes. making him drop the sphere to the ground. Douglass scored. Then Bowcock hit safe between short