The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-05
Games Today
Birmingham in Nashville.
Chattanooga in Atlanta.

Chattanooga, June 4.-(special) Slug
ging both Sloan and Thompson to the
four corners of the lot the Lookouts took
wierd, ragged and vacillating fray
from the larruping Barons this after
| noon.
| The final count was and Z, the Elber-
| feldians by assuming the long end of the
| count annexed the series with two won
| and one tied. The game consumed two
| hours and 80 minutes. The hitting was
terrific, the Lookouts lacing out IA bngles
off the two Baron marksmen. while the
Molesworth clan drove out 10 off Kroth,
whom the scarcity of local hurting ma
| terial left upon the mound for the entire
seance.
The offensive features of the contest
consisted of the willow activities of Els
ton, Elberfeld, Street, Messenger and Car
roll. Each of the athletes just men,
toned secured a trio of wallops among
them were a triple and a double respec-
lively by the two last named. Bob also
proved the one fulgent figure on the de-
fense, robbing Flick of a clean home
run in the third inning by sensational
one-handed stab after leaping into the
air after the spheroid. The play saved
two runs as King was on first at the time
the robbery was perpetrated.
Hoffman, secured from the Cleveland
Appalachian league club, replaced Giles
pie at third.
BarOns Take Lead
The Barons secured the lead scoring
once in the opener and twice in the Sec
a F-...x 7 l..
the count in their half of the initial ses-
sion.
With Marcan down. Messenger tripled
to deep right in the first and came across
ON McBride's single after Kniseley had
flied to center.
F'licks base running gave the locals
their opening counter Carl beating out
a hit through the box going all the way
to third on Coyle's infield out and scoring
on Elberfeld's short single to left.
Poor judgment on the bases by McGil-
vray held the Barons to a duo in the
second. Mac" opened with screaming
triple to right center. On the first ball
pitched Mayer grounded sharply to FL
berfeld and McGilvray foolishly attempt
ed to score only to be tagged out in a
chase by Street. Mayer took second on
the play. I<roh then walked both Car
roll and ELAN, filling the bases. Sloan
whitfield. The situation serious as it
was might then have been handled with
out damage, but Elberfeld pegged a force
Flick on Marcan's bounder for a force
on ELAN and Mayer and Carroll scored.
Messenger whitfield. The Barons increased
their margin to three in the fifth when
they scored another on Messengers single.
Knseleys sacrifice and McGilvray's s
single.
1t was in the fifth that the Lookouts
first took the lead. They were never to
=.
were the result of this productive seance.
Street finally made the closing out, COM
ing up for the second time in the stanza.
Gabby was the first man up and he
singled sharply to center. Hoffman fol-
lowed with a single to left and first and
second were occupied. Kroh Whitfield but
King singled to center and Street scored.
Exit Sloan. Thompson was pitifully cold
and he walked Flick and Coyle in sue
cession forcing Hoffman across. Elber-
field beat out a scorcher to McGilvray and
King came across with the tying run. Ell
ston drove a short single to left and Flick
tailed There were four over, the bases
drunk and but one down. 1t seemed that
the end was never to be, but Johnson con-
sderately whitfield and Street forced Coyle
at third
Carnage Was Fearful
The carnage was fearful, but this was
not ALL MfnQIul OIL tHe llDcIllcS WHICH the
Barons had been taking with Kroh, the
Lookouts laced out three more In the sew
enth giving them four run lead. The
squirting finish of the Barons showed the
wisdom of this action. With one down in
the seventh Elberfeld walked. Elston
drove out his third hit, single to center,
and first and second were again occupied.
Johnson followed with screaming double
to the center field fence and two markers
came over. Streets third bingle, a single
to right. scored johnson. In the eighth
the Lookouts annexed another on King s
walk, his theft and Elberfeld's single.
with the odds grossly against them the
Barons fought wildly In the eighth and
ninth, scoring two in the first named
inning and one in the second. Carroll
opened the eighth with his third bingle, a
drive past Flick. ELAN promptly tripled
over Kings head in center, and when
Flick pegged wildly to Street on the relay.
Carroll and Roy both tailed. Kroh quick
ly recuperated however, and retired the
side without further damage.
Tho lone tally in the ninth came on