The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-13
BY BILL AK.


 In A fast and errorless game yester- day afternoon Birmingham defeated Mont gomery-2 to 0.
 It was played in faster time than any other game in Birmingham this season. was errorless and exceedingly snappy
 Both teams performed splendidly, and both pitchers worked in that style which wins nine in ten times.
 Birmingham's victory is due to the punching of the three of the total or six hits in one inning.
 Considering the fact that the enthu- siasm of the fans has been considerably dampened, the attendance was large. me weather was warm, and since the Barons won the game no one has kick to reg ister.
 Mccain Robinson pitched the game for Birmingham.
 He was possessed of excellent control good speed and curve and showed his ability to keep his head in pinches.
 He yielded a total of four hits, and one of this number was of the scratch variety. The Pretzels had but one chance to score-in the seventh when men were on second and third-and Robinsons fine work caused that opportunity to fade away.
 And Billy Christall was in good form' too. He pitched a marvellous game, and it is a certainty that he will win bat ties this season in which he will show less ability.
 Save in the second inning, when the Barons punched three hits for two runs, Christall was never in danger After that fatal second he was unhittable when a smash would have done damage.
 The pitchers, as stated, received ex- cellent support Henline got away with the spectacular performance of the game. Hassett, in the fifth, put his weight against a fast one and away 1t flied to deep left Noah, turning his back to the audience, dashed for the fence and re- ceived the hit just before it struck the palings.
 Hassett was robbed by Henline just as Baxter, day before yesterday, played in Moesworths hands.
 Well, the game started
 Pearson and Baxter went out from Downey to Douglass, but Greminger stung one too hard for the third sacher to handle Perry retired the side, how ever, on a pop fly to Douglass
 The Barons went out in one, two, three order.
 It was different in the second, how ever.
 Reagan, for Montgomery, flied to Moles- worth. Pope died over the Downey-Doug- lass route and Hassett flied to Henline.
 Then the Barons got busy. Raub flied out to Pearson. Downey hit for two sacks to left, and took third on a wild pitch. Demont then stung one to left and Down. ey scored. Gene purloined the keystone and tallied on Henline's ground hit over second.
 Robinson retired the side on line hit to Pope.
 In the third, Christall was passed. but he got no further than the first corner. In the fourth, fifth and sixth, the Pretzels went out in regular order.
 In the seventh, however, they got men on third and second, and there was their opportunity to tie the score. The crisis came about in this fash ion:
 Greminger went out from Demont to Douglass. Perry got the first clean hit of the game, singling neatly to cen ter. Reagan, for the second time, flied out to Molesworth, but Pope dropped the tiniest Texas leaguer over the first sack, Perry going to third. Pope then purloined the keystone.
 Had Hassett connected safely. the chances are that Montgomery would have tied the score. Instead of doing as Jimmy Ryan admonished him, Has sett hit an easy one to Robinson, and died en route to Douglass.
 In the eighth, shannon popped out to Walters and Christall surprised every one by stinging neatly to center. Pearson flied to Henline, and Baxter went out on a grounder to first.
 And the Barons, In the meantime, had fared no better.
 In the third, Molesw ~th led off with a hit and was sacrificed eond. He went to third on Douglass Tout from Perry and Baxter, but Raub retired the side, dying as Douglass did.
 In the fourth and fifth, the Barons went out in regular order, and the sixth was varied only by Douglass hit, the hitter going out, moment later, attempting to steal second
 In the seventh, one, two, three was the order, and the eighth, while 1t brought no scores, was conspicuous for some fine base running on the part Of Carlton Molesworth After Walters and Robinson had gone out, the hefty center fielder hit safely to center, stole second, and after a moments hesita- ton, dashed for third. He landed, and had Greminger not made circus eaten of Shannons bad throw, the Barons would have counted another.
 But Manning retired the side on fly out to center
 At this stage of the game, quoth the
 shaky fan: twill they wind it up in the ninth, as
 they have done before?