The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-22
BY BILL AK.

By a score of to ? the Barons defeated the Atlanta Champions yes l terday afternoon, the victory being the first achieved by the locals this sea son.
 Primarily the success is due to the superb pitching of McNeal, the Bing- hampton, N Y, recruit, who, until the seventh inning had the Crackers shut out without the semblance of a hit.
 While the work of the twirler kept the Crackers from scoring, the Barons got busy with their bludgeons and showed their speed about the paths. Bases were stolen with impunity, and three daring efforts to purloin the third sack met with success
 Excepting the twirling of McNeal, the feature of the game was the magnificent swatting of Carlton Moles- worth. In three times at bat he l smashed out a single, double and a triple.
 Viebahn pitched the game for Atlanta and in spite of the beating given him in three innings. he did fairly well. His generosity in awarding passes con- tinually handicapped his support
 Until the ninth McNeal was in vincible.
 For six innings the Crackers went oout in one, two, three order.
 Of the first nine visitors approach ing the plate six returned to the bench on strike-outs.
 Manning was the first to hit McNeal to safe territory, this blow coming in the seventh, and doing no damage. In the ninth George Winters uncork ed a bingle to right that scored the first of the two runs made by Atlanta.
 It was not exactly McNeaPs fault that he got into a hole in the ninth. The hit by Castro-frst up in the ninth was directly over first Meek fum bled the ball, but recovered it, the spectators thought, in plenty of time to retire the runner. Everyone inn agined that hes was anxious to give McNeal the put-out. But Castro weat safe.
 Wilkes, who batted for Viebahn, was passed, to die later at second on Man j ning's hit to Walters. With Castro on third, and Manning on first George Winters drew his single to left, SCOT ing the first named. Then Becker was hit with the ball, filling the bases.
 Dyers fy-out to Downey temporarily releived the basesaJMupt ,hh bivo 5s Mi relieved a strained situation, but the inevitable was not to be showed off. Jordan was passed and Manning was forced home with the second and final score.
 Fox retired the side and ended the 1 oa a ta worth
 This was the only inning of the game in which McNea suffered.
 In the very first inning the Barons got busy with the stick. Moesworth met the first offering of Viebahn and placed it beyond Manning's head for a double. Houtz put him down to third on a sacri- flee, and Meek's hit to left scored him.
 In the second inning two more runs were hung up.
 Demont, first up singled over third, and Reagan sacrificed him to second
 Demont, after thinking a moment, dived | for third and landed with a margin to his | credit.
 Walters following, was passed, and he | stole the keystone
 Then followed the longest hit of the 1 game. Molesworth drew back his bud 1 geon and meeting the ball on the nose sailed it far over Becker's head in right | Helu ne SlOpptu at tlllIu, dllel uTlFluS in two runs.
 While these three wers sufficient to win the game the Barons did not overlook an- other opportunity to score.
 This opportunity came in the eighth.
 Raub first up, singled to right. and might have stretched the hit into a double had he not fallen en route to the keystone After his retirement Downey uncorked d clean double to left,
 He stole third and Gene Demont squeezed him across the pan.
 Another large crowd saw the game.
 The grandstand. was filled and the bleachers overfiowed. The fans were good natured, too, enthusiastically cheering what they thought good. and smiling over what defects appeared.
 McNeal, naturally, was the favorite and after each inning he was given the glad hand.
 When, by neat piece of fielding, Walters retired the opposing side on double play, silent Lew was compelled to touch his cap, however, reluctantly he seemed to do it.
 Gene Demont whose sensational work of the preceding day tied the score of game which the Barons were losing, and whose efforts met with such glowing sue cess yesterday, was a hot favorite