The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-22

Six belated hobbies and several lucky hits enabled Birmingham to down Chat tanooga in the opening game, 3 to 1. Johnson yielded four more safe wauops than did Slime. but blanked the Lookouts in every inning except the fifth. when five consecutive hits and an error pro- ,duced four runs The fates were with
 the Barons for otherwise Chattanooga would have won.
 Sunfielder Jack Johnston and Short stop Roy Ellam furnished the sensations afield. Johnston affected a remarkable recovery of Tragresser's long drive to the sunfield in the sixth, bagging it after a long sprint and with both hands. El- lam accepted seven chances without an error and prevented a run in the third inning by spearing McCormick's hit back of. third with one hand and holding John ston at third
 The game was otherwise devoid of sensations, although Slime whiffed Mc- 1 Bride. Ellam and Tragresser in order in the second OToole returned to Bir-
 mingham after long interval and um- pired in fine style.
 The Barons got the jump in the first | Mcdonald drew a pass but Slime essayed to offset the gift by nipping him at first His return to Coyle was faulty and Me Donald spurted to second. Carroll duo bled down the right field line and sent the third cker home with the first l tally Operations were resumed in the | fourth. With Covington out, McBride l singled through second. Elam doubled
 to deep right field and Mcbride crossed l the platter Tragresser hoisted seem 1 ing Texas leaguer between Ems and | Johnston in left field Both attempted to
 make the catch and a collision resulted,
 the ball falling to the ground Ellam, | in expectancy of successful catch, remained at second Arthur Johnson 1 jumped into the limelight by catching one of Slines twisters on the handle of l his bat and driving it over third base l for a two-base hit, scoring Ellam. Mar | can drew a pass filling the bases. Me- 1 Donald hit fast grounder to Coyle, who l forced Tragresser out at the plate. Car l rolls fly to Jacobson ended the session,
 Lookouts Open Assault
 Johnson had kept his hits well dis l tributed during the first four sessions and had not yielded run, but in the 1 fourth the Lookouts opened bitter on- l slaught and surmounted the three-run l lead.
 l 1W1flcf Sllnt WAS ulldbit to thtei th- I proclivities for he hoisted to Marcan as an opener, Johnston walked. Ems lar
 ruped line drive to right field. knisely
 made desperate effort to overhaul the
 wallop, but the ladder on the scoreboard 1 blocked his onrush The ball hit the l scoreboard and rebounded, allowing John
 ston to score. Jackson followed with a l single to center. Carroll begged to pre-
 vent Ems from scoring. but Tragesser
 failed to hold the ball and Jacobson con | tinued to third. Moose" Mccormick, the | leagues premier walloper, elevated a
 Texas leaguer to the outfield between Carroll and Mcbride and scored his big gardener with the tieing run. Coyle hit a | grounder to deep short and outsped FL lams throw to first. Mccormick was
 halted at third. Flick hoisted a second | Texas leaguer over second, which Me | Cormick expected to be captured The pellet fell safely, but Knisely's peg to
 the plate forced the Lookout leader to | hustle for the decision. The throw was
 well directed, but Tragesser was brushed I from the plate by the runners momentum ] and the peg carried to the stand.
 | With such maneuvers progressing, it | seemed as though Chattanooga would win handily. Graff closed the rally with a | grounder to Ellam, for the shortstor downed Fritz at first, while Covington' l perfect peg to Tragesser headed Coyle al
 the plate for the third out.
 Gift Yields Victory
 A gift enabled Birmingham to dead1oci the situation. With two down in the ] sixth, Marcan was hit in the ribs by one of Sline's unmanageable losses. Catcher Graham begged high in an effort to catch Marcan on his attempt to steal second and the ball carried to Jacobson in center field. Marcan continued his journey around the sacks. for the big Swede al
 lowed the erring peg to sift through his
 hands and could not recover it in time to catch the runner.
 A sem-error gave victory to Birming- ham in the next round. With one out Knisely drew a pass. Covington doubled to the groove and dispatched Knisely tc third. With the infield drawn In, Nc. Bride hit a vicious grounder to short Ems did not judge the bound we'll the
 bounder crashing into his chest Knise ly scored easily. while Mcbride
 reached first in safety. A foul fly ant
 strike out followed and the rally died.
 Johnson, after yielding 10 hits in ths
 first five innings, settled down and helt
 Chattanooga hitless during the next fouI innings. downing the Lookouts in order