The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-04

ernoon between the Chicago Cubs and the Birmingham Barons. which the for mer einehed after nip and tuck en- gagement by a margin of one run.
 Score: Chicago 3. Birmingham 2.
 Batteries: Donehue and Moran: Rober- taille, Clark and Raub.
 The performance was jam-up in every particular. The Cubs strained their every nerve to annihilate the Barons and the Rarons strained their every nerve to defeat the worlds champoins The hit ting. therefore. was fine on both sides and the fielding fast and furious.
 Birmingham. took the lead in the first Inning Chicago tied the score in the third, and in their half of the third the Barons again ran ahead. In the fourth the Cubs again tied the score. and for three innings the teams galloped neck and neck. In the seventh, however, the visitors made third run and the Barons were never able to duplicate
 This was the first real game of base ball seen in Birmingham this season. The players performed in mid-season form, and there was enough bril1iance and enough of the spectacular to render the affair spicy and wholesome, withal
 Manager Vaughn introduced Anthony (Chick) Robertaile yesterday afternoon and when he retired at the conclusion of the sixth he had demonstrated his ability. He showed speed. curve, con trol, coolness under fire and ability to field his position. When he retired the score was bal anced-2-2-and he had yielded fewer hits than the champions twirIer Peppery Ginger Clark succeeded and was touched up for only two hits in the remaining three innings of the game Unfortunately, however, one of these was l for three bases, which eventually led to a score The old favorite showed fine form, however and his speed was ter | rife and his curve brilliant. The first Cub up in the fourth and | the fifth laced out triples These triplets were eventually transformed into runs, and these runs defeated the Barons.
 The hitting of the afternoon was about evenly divided. although the hitting for extra bases favored the Chicagoans. In the matter of sacrifice hitting, base steal ing, etc, the Barons played all round ! the big visitors, and at times made them look like bush leaguers.
 There were no more surprised men l under the sun than the Cubs in the third inning, when the Barons fetched Meek home on the squeeze" After this per formance the Cubs were exceedingly | wary. and always played as if they ex- | xuac disnl9V of ' nerve to call for a play, the success of which depends wholly on speed, when Meek was the man to furnish the speed However the ruse worked, and it's sue cess demonstrates that if the runner gets the start nothing can prevent his scoring, granting the bunt is not transformed into q pop fly.
 While in the first round the Cubs pasted out an infield hit, it is true that they went out easily.
 But the Barons fared better.
 To begin with, Houtz was passed Moles- worth miscued on his sacrifice, however, the runner going out at second. Meek then laced out his first hit of the game, and the bases were filled when Demont 1 was safe on Steinfeldts error.
 A passed ball opened home to Moles- worth and he registered the first run of | the game.
 In their half of the third the Cubs tied the score. With one down, Donehue laced double over third, went to the | tertiary corner on an infield out and | was scored on Sheckard's safe rap to left | center.
 But the Barons in their half of the third | rallied and tallied again, and for the |