The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
Games Today
Montgomery at Birmingham
Ry RI1,I, AK

By this time there is little doubt but that Father Chadrick regrets having ever invented baseball The manner in which the Barons played the game yesterday afternoon reflects a very small amount of credit on the progenitor. Naturally you have guessed that Birmingham lost. Montgomery got the decision, 7-2.
 A fearful indictment might be brought against the Barons this morning. They appeared licked before the dropping of the hat. They played carelessly and list lessly and indiffirenty. In the whole bunch there was not enough pepper to water the eye of chigger. They gave Speer miserable support, and Speer pitched a very ordinary game. At the bat they bunted when they should have swung, and they swung when they should have bunted. They swung when they should have waited 'em out, and they waited 'em out when they should have swung. On the bases they continued their careless maneuvers. They missed signals and ran in daredevil fashion in the one moment, and in the next failed to take advantage of errors on which runs could have been scored.
 Altogether they made a very poor ap- pearance, and they are this morning lower than the second division in the esti- nation of the fans.
 For Montgomery Thomas pitched very fair game, and used his noodle for all it is worth. He had fine support and much luck. The one feature of the game was the terrific swatting of Captain Elwert. He was at bat five times and his bludgeon smashed out couple of singles, double and a legitimate single which, bounding over the head of Mcbride, went for home run.
 The Barons opened like lion and like a lamb they went out Marcan, deviat- ing from his time-worn rule of taking couple of strikes, hit the first ball thrown. Johnston then singled over third, and Marcan, leaving first too late, went out at third in an effort which,. under the circumstances, he should not have at tempted. Phelan followed with the third single and Marcan scored. McGilvray then caused surprise by flaming in the broad open daylight and Moesworth went out from McElveen to Graham. The Baron infield, in the second, per mitted two of it's members, Phelan and Speer, to collide in an effort to handle a high bounder by Elwert, and the run ner got on. He eventually scored on a double of Bills. In the fourth McElveen was safe on Marcans wild throw and Graham, after forcing him at second, scored on the double of Gribbens.
 Birmingham, in the fourth, tied the score. McGilYray singled, and though Thomas, detecting the hit-and-run signal, wasted ball, the runner landed, safely on second. Ellotts single scored him.
 In the fifth Dobbs double and Elwert's single sent Montgomery's third run over the platter In the seventh Daly opened with a single and Umpire Coliflower, over and against the protests of the Barons and the spectators, ruled all hands safe when McGivray attempted to head Daly following the sacrifice of Dobbs. The runners were sacrificed and scored on Elwert's double.
 For good measure two others were add ed in the ninth. With one down Pratt was walked. Elwert then smashed to left and the ball, bounding over the head of Mcbride, went to the fence. Both run ners scored.
 The fifth game of the series will be played this afternoon.