The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-10
Hardgrove Never Endangered

In the second contest Hardgroye was
never in danger. Beginning with the
opening stanza the Barons scored off
Kroh with ridiculous ease, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he had pitched the last
two innings of the opening struggle with
out allowing hit and the game resolved
itself into a farce in the two closing
seances. The final score was and 2.
Up until the sixth inning of the second
game, the play was almost as spectacular
as that of Friday, being punctuated liber-
ally with brilliant fielding and sharp hit
ting. The Ellam to Marcan to McGilyray
combination stood out in base relief upon
two different occasions. In the second
melee Carroll signalized his return by
acing out three clean singles in as many
trips to the platter. Gabby Street dupli-
Gated the feat.
The afternoons activities were not con-
fined to baseball alone, for in the second
inning of the first game after being called
out on his theft of second for oversliding
the bag, Bob Messenger expressed his
opinion of Breitenstein so truthfully and
patiently that he was promptly banished
from the game, necessitating the entrance
of Clifton as receiver and the installation
of Mayer in right Molesworth narrowly
escaped joining Bob in his exile.
How Prough Won
An account of the second stanza alone,
when McGilvray was the man of the hour,
gives a complete chronicle of the opening
struggle, as in no other session did either
club really threaten. Knisely and Eilam
worked a double steal of third and sec
ond on Street in the fourth, but two men
were down and Carroll grounded weakly
to Graft for the third out.
Howell foolishly opened the second
seance by walking Knisely. AS usual this
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got three balls and two strikes. fouled a
half dozen, and then finally doubled to
deep left, sending Pete to third. McGilv-
ray was present in the pinch with no lit
tie eclat, and he smashed the first bah
offered past Mickey Coyle for clean sin
gle, while his two sprinting team mates
waded across the indignant platter. There
was none down and it seemed that tine
pyrotechnics were just begun. but Howell
extended himself and disposing of Ellam
Carroll and Prough in order. refused to
allow another blow during the entire fray.
Prough was never really in danger. In
the sixth with two down Williams and
Graham singled in succession, but Street,
put in to hit for Howell, whitfield on four
pitched balls.
Floyd Kroh Weakens
Kroh opened the second game apparently
with a world of stuff, whiting Marcan,
first up, with three balls, but Messenger
broke through his defense with
a two base smash to the left field fence
Mcdonald beat out his bunt down the
third base line and third and first were oc-
cupied Knisely followed with a single
past Walsi; and Messenger scored. Mayer
flied out to center and Kroh then caught
Knisely knnpping off first.
In the second game another marker
came when McGilyray opened the frame
with a duplicate of Messengers double
and scored on Carrolls single to right,
after ELAN had grounded out
In the third the Barons put the fray on
ice with a trio. swelling their total to
five Marcan, first up, walked. Messen-
ger hunted but Coyle fumbled the ball and
all hands were safe Mcdonald then beat
out a second bunt down the third base
line and the sacks were drunk For once
Knisely failed in the pinch, grounding to
Walsh, who forced Marcan at the plate,
but Mayer most effectively redeemed the
failure with a sickening smash to center
that sent Messenger and Mcdonald across.
Elberfeid managed to hold Knisely at
the Pennsylvania cushion.
Mayors Blow Sickening
The blow completely upset Kroh, and he
uneorked a wild pitch. advancing both
runners cushion. Street hastily re-
trieved the ball and pegged to Kroh at
the plate. heading Kniseiy, but the latter
hit Pete in the back in an attempt to nab
him off third when he made q bluff at
scoring, and the ball went into left field,
Pete easily tallying. McGilvray lined out
to center for the final out.
In the fourth Carroll and Marcan showed