The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15


 Little Eva" as the fans are wont to call the 5 eat Baron slahman, pitched r wonderful form yesterday afternoon, win ming two games from Shreveport-both shutout for the defeated team-and showed the local standing above that of the Louisianians.
 The scores were, first game, Birming- ham 2, Shreveport O. second game, Btr- mingham 8, Shreveport 0.
 Both games were battles royal.
 Graham was in excellent form, in spite of a little wildness. and he yielded fewer hits than Wilhelm. Hickman held the locals to five hits in the last game and never pitched better.
 But the Barons were filled with enthus- iasm, with a spirit to win, and nothins could check them.
 But Wilhelm was masterful.
 He pitched phenomenally. holding the Pirates to six hits in the first game and three in the last
 He felded his position as only master can. He was everywhere, just at the spot on which he was most needed. He never appeared to better advantage.
 While the Barons made errors in both games the support given Wilhelm was splendid in the pinches. Molesworth made A catch in center which electrified the fans. Smith gracefully reached out his long arm and with single palm gathered in a drive to the rightfield fence. There were mary other instances Of brilliant playing that might be cited.
 In addition, there was ginger life, enthusiasm
 No team could have beaten the Barons yesterday.
 wdIhelm's record was endangered in the first game.
 In the third inning. Clarke led off with a double to left.
 Rapp followed with a neat single to right, which Smith fielded rapidly. Lati mer, however, failed to stop the return to the plate and the fans thought that the shutout was up in smoke.
 But as Clarke neared the plate Latimer was handed the ball and the runner was out.
 Wilhelm was where he should have been, behind the catcher. This saved the day.
 Carlos Smith was the lad with the hit when hit was sorely needed. The long Mississippian uncorked a triple over first in the fifth inning, when Demont was on first, and Molesworth on third
 These were the only runs of the first game.
 Tn the second game, Wilhelm was stronger, If anything, than in the first. The Pirates had no chance. in spite of the fact that Hickman pitched splen- didly, and the Barons, on more than one occasion, made errors.
 Birmingham took the lead In the first inning.
 Molesworth, whose hitting was a fea- ture of the last game, started things to rolling with a neat single to left.
 Demont, attempting a sacrifice, struck out, but Molesworth reached second when First Baseman Clarke let thrown ball go threw him. Smith then singled be- tween first and second.
 The game was cinched In the fifth. Iatimer was safe when King booted hls drive. Wilhelm bunted out, but Moles- worth and Demont following with bingles, filled the bases
 smith hit to the infed and Lewee, attempting to retire Latimer at the plate, threw wildly, the runner scoring.
 Then. Meek pulled off the 'squeeze" chow of last season the squeeze" re- Ininds) and Molesworth crossde the pan. There was no more scoring during the game.
 Nipping men on bases saved the day fn the first game beyond a doubt.
 In the fifth inning, after Lewee had started things badly for the Barons by hitting so fiercely that Demont couldn't kill him, Wilhelm found him mapping on the first corner and scorched him.
 In the sixth inning, Rapp and Graham threatened to break things up by sin gling in succession.
 But Rapp strayed off the keystone and Iatimer pinched the bud from the bush Tn the third inning of the second game Clarke and Hickman singled, but Will helm caught the first named running to third.
 The Barons were never more brilliant,