The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-08
M'DONALD AND PAULETTE
 STAR IN HITTING ROLES

Gene Paulette and Eddie Mcdonald per- formed the stellar roles in the second bat tie. The Vol first sacker drove out two while Mcdonald closed the game with perfect record, single, triple, sacrifice and walk being secured McBrides field ing featured. Errors were responsible for several of Birmingham's runs, while the locals pebbles were not generally costly
 After three scoreless innings. Bir- mingham forged into the lead in the fourth. Marcans high bounder 10 shortstop. Mcdonald tripled in the center field groove and sent Marcan home with the first run. When Stew art singled past third, following Moles- worths fly to center, Mcdonald reg istered. Though Stewart pilfered sec ond and third. he did not tally
 Johnson held Nashville runners to second base during the first six ses- sions, while the Barons solved More for a third marker in the sixth. Mar can singled to left and advanced to second on McDonald's sacrifice Moles worth's texas leaguer escaped Lind says clutches in left field. and Marcap scored. Lindsay. by fast sprint. got under the fly but dropped it.
 Nashville countered in the seventh. Paulette doubled to right field and scored when Burns tripled between Molesworth and Mcbride. Lindsay lhoisted a. high foul to Wallace. bur Williams dropped low fly over the drawn-in infie1d and Burns registered. Gibson followed with another single, but Stewart held Williams at second. Otto Williams, veteran second sacker and reputed to be one of the wisest strategists in baseball. pulled monu- mental blunder on the next play. More drove long fly to Stewart. Williams. evidently believing that two were down, raced from second with the |crack of the bat and was rounding third, when Stewart begged to second. doubling the Vol for the third out. .
 BARONS CLINCH SECOND
 GAME IN THE EIGHTH
 Errors and walks enabled Birming- ham to clinch the encounter in the eighth. Marean reached first when Lindsay peesed poorly, following his recovery of Lfls grounder. Mcdonald drew pass Molesworth singled so Smith and Marcan scored, Mcdonald speeding to third. Stewards foul tip on. the third strike was caught by Gib- son. but Mcbride singled to right and McDonald tallied. CoYington popped up to Williams. while Ellam walked. filling the bases to capacity. Shot gun Wallace, who had driven out sim gles on his two previous trials, worked the veteran finger for another walk and forced Molesworth home for tho seventh run of the game.
 Nashville rallied in the ninth, but the spurt fell short by three. runs. Pau |1ette singled to right. Burns hit d |grounder to Mcdonald. The Baron third sacker uncorked 8 wild heave to first and before the crring pellet could <be relieved, Paulctte had scored and Burns had raced to third. The out fielder scored when Lindsay hoisted a long fly to Molesworth.
 For six innings the first game pro- ceeded like regular battle. Southpaw Floyd Kroh held the Barons without q run. although several drives were di- rected at fielders at merry clip. Roth had yielded three runs, one in the first, second and seventh. In the last of the seventh a slight hope dawned. Ellam walked and advanced to third when King fumbled Tragesser's single. Roth was hit by pitched ball, but was not allowed to take first until Kervin re- versed his decision. With the bases full and no one out, it seemed as though the Barons would tomp. However, Marcan grounded to Dodge at third. The Vol fnfielder touched third, forcing Trages- ser and pegged to Paulette, nipping (Centtnued on Last Page)