The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-01

Crushed when Elberfelds sizzling drive
retired plucky Omar Hardgrove from the
mound, the formidable Baron machine wa
vered and fell before Covaesk and the
Lookouts, to /. Baffling his adversaries
with every offering Hardgrove was pitch
ing in wonderful form in the second in
ming and was endowed with considerable
| lead over the Pole. But then Elberfeld
drove a fierce grounder to the pitchers
box. Before Hardgrove could move, the
feeting pellet crashed into his left arm
and bounded toward first base. Pluckily,
Hardgrove felded the ball but failed to
check the 'Noogan.
Then the little twirler erumpled and
nursed the injured wing. After con-
sultation on the field it was feared that
the arm was broken, and Omar re-
tired in favor of Gregory. The youngster
seemed unnerved and failed to have either
control or speed. The Lookouts jumped
upon the spltball pitcher, snatched the
lead from the Barons and forged to the
front with remarkable speed. Before Fox
en- could relieve the pitcher Chattanooga
gained two runs.
Brilliant fIeldlng reduS
With the Baron team unnerved by the
accident and the following i'll success of
Gregory, the Lookouts increased the score
to four runs by an inheld out and Foxen's
questionable balk This disastrous ses-
sion proved to have given the Hurting
Hun an irretrievable handicap, for Cova-
leski downed the Barons with consistency.
In the following rounds Foxen held the
Lookouts to one run but the Pole was
master of the situation.
While the giant southpaw moved the
| Barons down. his mates rendered re-
marRable backing and checked threaten
ing rallies. Center Fielder King stabbed
several drives which seemed impossible
to field, while Flick performed several
brilliant fielding feats. But Roy ELAN
| scintillated with sparkling catches and
unerring throws. Time after time the
shortstop stopped the Lookouts with bril-
| liant work on the defense Mayer pegged
| in wonderful form to the bases, while
Mcbride played jamb-up ball in the sun
field. The game was replete with keen
playing.
The game opened with Hardgrove on
the mound for the Barons. The crafty
right handler seemed to possess every
thing known to the craft. After retiring
the Lookouts with ease in the first in
ming, the Barons opened activities against
the mighty Pole. With two out Eddie
Mcdonald drew a pass, Pete Knisely
walloped a scorcher past first and Nc
Donald advanced to second Realizing that
Mcbride was a dangerous batter, Coval-
eski held a consultation as to whether
he should be passed but decided in the
-
occasion and singled sharply over second,
Mcdonald Scoring. On an attempted dou-
BILE steal Knisely was down at the plate
by perfect peg
Omar Hardgrove Injured
Elberfeld was the first batter in the
second. After letting a few deceptive
shoots pass the Kid hit a slow ball vici-
ously toward the mound Before Hard
grove could recover his composure, the
ball struck him with great force on the
left arm and rebounded towards first AL
though he was painfully injured, Hardy"
ran toward first and barely missed Elber-
field with peg to McGilvray. But the
blow proved a fierce one and Hardgrove
retired.
After an interval, Gregory appeared on
the mound amid the plaudits of the
whooping patriots. Fearful lest he should
fail to locate the plate, the youngster
attempted to ease them over-but with
disastrous results. After a poor heave
to the plate, Gregory attempted to pick
Ererfeld off first. The throw strayed
past McGilvray and Elberfeld speeded to
third. The next offering proved a wild
pitch and the Lockout leader scored the
tieing run. Then Johnson was walked,
and advanced to second on Streets sac
rifice. Graft hit a grounder to the pitch
er, but Gregory could not retain it and
the third sacker reached first.
Gregory's Wildness Disastrous
At this juncture it was evident that
Gregory was not right. Moesworth had
prepared for the event, but before Foxen
could warm up, Williams hit long double
to left field and Johnson scored. Foxen
relieved the frightened recruit with Cova-
leski at bat. The Pole drove grounder
to Foxen, but the pellet ricocheted off the
southpaw's hands to ELAN. Recovering
quickly, Ellam pegged unerrngly to first
and smothered the Pole, but Graft count
ed. With Williams on third, Foxen made
motion toward first. although the base
was unoccupied and Pfenninger startled
the crowd by announcing that Bill had
balked, Williams was forced over the
plate.
This ended the round, but the accident
to Hardgrove and the umpires mistakes
robbed the Barons of their confidence
and shifted it to the 'Noogans. While
Covaleslli was tapped for six hits dur
ing the following rounds, he was invinci-
BILE with men on bases. Although the
Barons threatened to score. fast fielding
and speedy pitching downed all efforts
Chattanooga boosted the count to five
in the fifth when Flick opened with a
double to the right field fence. Coyles
roller to Marcan advanced Flick to third