The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
RATED WILHELM FROM THE SLAB
 BROOKLYN BEATEN Meeks' Home Run and Lowe'S SIugglng the Feature REAGAN'S GREAT CATCH
 SAVED THE STRUGGLE Molesworth's Spectacular Throw to the PIate-How Barons, After Great
 Handicap, Hammered Out
 Great Victory.
BY BILL AK.

and one very bad decision at a critical period, the Barons. fighting manfully and uphill, defeated the Brooklyn Supernas of the National league yesterday afternoon.
 The victory is due to the ineffectlveness of Little Eva" Wilhelm, to whose ben ders the Barons took with alacrity. In the final inning of the Barons' offensive oper- ation five screaming singles were smashed to divers corners of the lot, and three runners tailed. In the seventh Henry Meek drove the spheroid over rightiield fence and was enabled to go about the bases without the necessity of running.
 The final score was to 4.
 Turner pitched allNbut the final inning of the game, and save in those instances when he failed to field his position, he was practically invincible.
 In the beginning of the ninth, while at tempting to field keenly cut hit, Turner injured a finger nail, and was forced to retire. Ginger" Clark, the peerless man of pepper, succeeded and proved an enigma.
 Harry Mcintyre, the old Memphis pitch CT, started the game for the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, and during his adminis- tration the Barons had little opportunity of showing their mettle.
 In the third inning the Barons rang up a total of three swats, but just before the third was pasted out there occurred a spectacular and unfortunate double play, which iced the Baron's chances.
 Luck was never more obstinately ar rayed against the Barons than yesterday afternoon.
 The Trolley Dodgers deserved a worse licking than they got. In the first inning, after Pattee had flied out to Demont, Ma loney beat out bunt to the infield, and took second when Downey threw badly to Henry Meek.
 Lumley then approached the stick, and just as Downey ran to third to head off Maloney attempting to steal, the heavy hitter rolled one neatly through the spot which the third Daseman had just de- serted. Maloney scored with ease.
 But in the second inning the climax was reached.
 Alperman was safe on a scratch infield hit. .Hummel then bunted to Turner and the pitcher, from his perch in the air, threw the ball dozen feet over Meek's head. This scored Alperman, and when Meek threw wildly to third, attempting to head Hummell off, that runner talled, too.
 This trio of runs was fearful handi- cap for the gallant Barons.
 In the sixth the visitors added yet an- other. Jordan was passed and went to third on Alperman's doubt to right. Hum mell then lifted fly to Houtz and Jordan counted.
 The Barons got busy in their half of the sixth. Demont started the ball to rolling with sharp shot over third. Raub then grounded slowly to first, and in tha wrestie which followed between First baseman Murch, who had succeeded Jor- dan, and the runner, Demont cleared the paths and rung up the first tally.
 In the seventh, after one was down, Meek lifted the sphere. over rightfeld fence and scored the second home run ot the season, Steve Reagan having got the first when the Meridian w lite Ribboners were here.
 But it was in the eighth inning that tbe Barons snatched. victory from defeat and drove their old team-mate, Wilhelm, from the slab. Downey led off with single and stole second The umpire, however believing that Downey had stolen on a foul, sent him back to first. When the Barons informed the umpire tlat the foul tip had been caught the umpire ruled Downey out. This decision ln.ght have cost the Barons the game.
 There followed still more bad luck. Walters singled keenly over second, but was forced, on close decision, at second when Turner hit to shortstop. But hope bloomed again when Molesworth and Houtz singled in succession and Turner scored
 Wilhelm, aware of the dangerous bud eeon that, Henry Meek wields, walked him, filling the bases.
 1t was then a question as to whether CT not Steve Reagan could land safely. It was at this moment that the fans cen- cured Umpire O Brien for having ruled Downey out on questionable decision.
 But Steve was johnny on the spot" and smashed out safely to center. Moutz and Molesworth chased home, and the game was won.
 In their half of the ninth the visitors were powerless.
 The Barons punched their hits in three innings Three singles smashed out in the third, three singles in the sixth, and four singles in the eighth and home run should, under ordinary circumstances, totaal eight scores, at least.
 But the Barons were in hard luck, both cn the offensive and defensive.
 In the third inning, for instance, there occurred three hits, but no runs. Turner and Houtz led off with singles. Moles- worth then lined to Pattee, and Turner was shot dead at second in a double play. Neck followed with single, but Moles- worth could get no further than second. Reagan, and Demont flied out respectively to Maloney and Hummell.
 In addition to the heavy hitting of tie Barons. as a whole and Henry Meek, in particular, there were several other features of sensational nature.
 In the fifth inning, while Maloney was on base, Lumley threw his weight against a fast one and drove it to rightfield fence Reagan got 1t with one hand, and pre- vented a score.
 In the third Jordan, who had walked and made second on Turner's error, at tempted to score when Alperman cut loose to center. Molesworth killed hihl at the plate however.
 The work of Shahan on third was ex- ceedingly ragged, and aided materially in the defeat of the Brooklyn Patsies. Hi,' fielding was rotten, to use vulgarism. hic IJa cta a1 uft ftfp