The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-11
Ny JACK RETHEA


 Lookouts yesterday. Oh, no-nothing but let them down without a hit iY the first game and drive Rube Benton the peerless sone," off the rubber 1T the second.
 The score of the first game was l tc 0 with the Barons on the heavy end oi I the score. Foxen was opposed by Bell Cord Bill Chappelle, and it was a twirl- Lers' battle from the first inning. At no time was FoXen in danger, not a Look out runner reaching third. and but one second.
 By letting down the Lookout yeste-- day without a hit Foxen has the honor of pitching the first game of this sea- out hit. Doc Thomas pitched a no- hit game against Mobile but it was only seven innings long.
 The first game yesterday afternoon was absolutely the prettiest, fastest, cleanest exhibition that has ever been seen at Redwood park. Consider, o gentle reader. for a moment. Not hit was made off FoXen, the Barons se- cured but three bingIes, McGilvray cop ping two of these, there was not a single error, and the game was played in 1:45.
 Time after time the fans rose to their Fleet with a cheer to see some mighty swat poled out by Baron bats fall safe, but in each case their hopes were nipped by sensational fielding of North ern and the other Lookout gardeners. Tho I a,.o ToIJx,
 The lone tally of the game came in the fifth, when McGilvray first up, hit safely between left and center field. The ball rolled little away from Northern and McGilvray, without he's itating a second, dashed for the key stone. He slid in, reaching the bag by an eyelash. Johnston followed McGil- vray and laid down a beautiful bunt. forcing Chappelle to throw to first, and allowing McGilvray to go to third. 'Rowdy'' Elliott. as usual, delivered the goods with high fly to deep right field, which LeJeune smothered, but made no effort to retire McGilvray at the plate.
 That ended the scoring. Foxen was invincible and nothing remotely re- sembling a hit was made off his de- livery. The nearest was a hot cutter to Ellam, who stopped it after a fine run and cut off the player at first by a magnificent recovery.
 Bell Cord Bill Some Pitcher
 Bell Cord Bill was there with some twirling himself, and nothing but Foxen saved the Barons from defeat. It is hard to lose three-hit game, and that without any errors behind the twirler Two of the swats were pluck ed by McGilvray and the third was secured by Foxen. Foxen struck out Chappelle, and the huge fellow did his best to re- talfate, but in vain.
 The Barons had a stoneWall infeld yesterday afternoon. But one ball went ] through it, and that was in the sec ond game. It was too hot to handle.
 Marcan and Ellam Star
 The sensational work of Marcan and Ellam in both games, aside from the pitching of Foxen, was decidely the feat ure. In both games Marcan accepted b chances without a bobble. Several of them were hard bounds, and in the last inning of the first game Marcan saved Foxens no-hit game for him by smother ing a smashing bounder.
 E!lam did equally well as Marcan, he accepting nine chances in the two games without an error. McGilvray also had busy day at the cornerstone. In the two games he accepted % chances. Phelan, while he did not have many chances, was there with the goods in wlfat he did
 The Second Game rrI. all the heart out of the Lookouts, and there was listless playing from the be- ginning. The Lookouts got away well, making tally in the opening inning