The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
Fleharty and Sexton Do Well But Smith Is
 Massacred TY COBB PERFORMS AS ORDINARY MORTAL He and Crawford Pull Bone" and He Drops a Fly Ball-Mc-
 Bride Plays Very
 Fine Game
 


 With the wind whistling football re- frains, and with an occasionally sprinkle adding its mite to the dreary whole, the Barons and the Tigers of Detroit en- joyed slugging match yesterday after noon-the greater part of the slugging falling to the latter, incidentally. The final score of the game was Il to in favor of the>visitors.
 The attraction of the afternoon was Tyrus Cobb, the great outfielder of the Detroit club--and to his credit, 1t is safe to say that no other than he. on an aft ernoon as scold and uncomfortable as was that of yesterday, could have drawn such a. fine crowd from the cheery fire sides to witness nothing more than a. practice game.
 The great Cobb was the exposure of all eyes, but he behaved as an ordinary mor- tai. and his work was as inferior as the lowliest among his brethren. He got a couple of hits. one he beat out and the other was smashed on straight ball after the pitcher had fed him with four successive ''bad ones" At all other times he made easy outs. In the field he and Crawford pulled off "bone," permitting an easy fly to fall between them, and later on he dropped an easy one popped up by Gilroy.
 The Games Features FIeharty started for the Barons, and during his three innings the visitors were helpless. On Sexton they scored a.
 hut Arr did we'll. Young Smith, the local "phe- nom," was pie for the visitors, how ever and in his two innings they scored ' runs Glroy finished, and held the Tigers to two runs. The hitting of the visitors was constant and terrific, and during the game they piled up a gigantic total of IS swats. They passed through no inning without samplng the wares of the Barons' pitchers.
 Tho features of the game-other than those connected with the hitting-fell to the Barons. In the fourth Mcbride did a bit of sensational fielding which cut down what is a home run on local grounds nine times in 10 to couple. Delehanty was the suffered. Ty Cobb has never pulled a stunt more brilliant. Marcan, in the first inning, took third neatly when stanage would have caught him asleep at second, and again, when Gainor fielded a. foul fly, Marcan ran from first to second, all the visiting in fielders having fallen asleep.
 Barons Take Lead
 Jones and Bush opened the game with safe hits, but Cobb hit into a double, and Crawford famed. Delehanty opened the second with a hit, was safe at sec ond when Ellam dropped a perfect peg, and was forced out at third, after Mori- arity had flied out to Mcbride, when Gainor was safe at first on a fielders choice. Stanage retired the side on foul to Phelan. Jones singled with one down in the third, but Mcbride threw him out at second trying to stretch the hit. Bushs foul to Yantz made the third out.
 can was passed. Phelan sacrificed him to second and he stole third. He scored as Molesworth went out at first. In the second, with one down, Ellam doubled, but Yantz and Emery failed to get him across. In the third with one down, Marcan singled and stole second. Mo Bride stung one over second. Marcan attempted to score, though there was not possible chance, and Cobb threw him out at the plate.
 Tigers Hit Smith
 Tn the fourth, with Sexton pitching, after two were down, Delehanty doubled, Moriarity singled and Gainor tripled in succession, the first two scoring. The Barons tied this score in the fourth. Me- Gilvray was safe on. Gainor's error. He neatly stole second and took third on an out. Yantz' sacrifice fly put him across.
 There was no more scoring until the