The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Results Yesterday s, Birmingham |.


 deluge of hits and runs, the Barons handed them the game. If they had re- fused to accept-and they didn't much want it--the Barons would have been playing even unto the present good mo- ment. ,Rhe score of the fiasco was s to 5.
 It is only necessary to state that be- fore the visitors had scored a run the Barons had trotted about the field five separate and distinct times, for those who failed to witness the bout to ap- preciate the feeling of the fan when the scrimmage was iced away.
 The rout of the Barons is due to the explosion of Sexton, the Virginia league phenom, who came hailed as a great con- queror. For several innings the prayer delivery of the ex-collegian escaped in miraculous fashion, but fate toward the conclusion of the game, grew tired of an- sweringpetitions, and the deluge came.
 It was not perfectly played game by any means. But in the enjoyment of the novelty of a near-victory the fans over looked everything untoward, although few of the most bloodthirsty, without cause, obeyed a stone-ace instinct to ex- press a personal dislike by hammering from the stands.
 The game yesterday was as the battle of Waterloo--in many respects. The bold Barons, with colors flying, represented the French. In the beginning they swept all before them in magnificent charges. Then Crouchy-rep in this melodrama by Sexton-failed-eyen though this Grouchy did arrive-his countrymen, and the English whetted their appetites with great slaughter. And as time and space are too limited to review as notable an engagement the battle of Waterloo, the reader who would know the details must inquire of one or more of the survivors. It was one of those affairs, however the perpetuation in manuscript of which can but serve athe purpose of recalling a mis- erabe two hours, and causing a renewal or the flow of tears.
 The feature of the game was the terrific swatting of the Barons. Madded by in- numerable defeats and the howls of fans, the clansmen of Pilot Molesworth fell on poor Charlie Case until the grandstand, gaunt and stoney as it is, melted in deep- est pity. Practically everyone took fling at the poor old hurler, and four at least punched him for doubles And, later still, "Rowdy" Elliott learned his elephantine frame against a buging ben der for home run.
 In the seventh Viola singled and went for three bases when McBrides legs furnished an alleyway for the pellet. He eventually scored. Tn the eight every man-practically-wh faced saddened Sex dnky fly to left which one of three men should have caught. Two runs scored and tied the tally. Wagner was substi- tuted for Sexton, and on passed ball another run registered. Then another was scored on an. out to the infield. In fear that something uncanny might hap pen. A hit baIsman, a walk, and Moles- worth's drop of line hit permitted the being of this eighth and unnecessary tally.
 The Barons rallied for brief moment in the ninth. Elliott began by singling to center. Wagner made an easy out but Marcan went safe when Smith booted his bounder Molesworth singled between first and second and the bases were full Phe- Ian became so enraged, however, because Pfenninger called strike" when the batsman thought it "balr' that he could do no better when he swung than to fly to short. Mcbride popped up to right.