The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
Break Came In Fifth and
 BarOns Made Most of Opportunity
HITS OF TRAGESSER
 AND ELLAM ONLY
 TWO MADE BY TEAM
Toney. of COlonels, Held BarOns Help less for Four Innings. and Sloan On Mount for Locals.
 Marcan Makes Catches
By ASA RouNTREE. JR.

By ASA R0UNTREE, JR. Battling cautiously and craftily after surpassing the Colonels in the fifth in- ming, the high flying Barons shunted sev- eral incipient rallies into the discard and managed to nose out the Louisville Amer | ican association team yesterday afternoon by the scant margin of to i, after most disenchanting start
 Toyed with during the first four rounds by Pitcher Toney, an ex-maior leaguer, Molesworth proteges seemed in danger of remaining unacquainted with the platter, but with the changing of pitchers in the fifth also came change in the Barons' luck.
 Blackwood, a former Turtle mounds man. who replaced Toney on the firing line and essayed the task of issuing fool CTS to Pete knisey and his colleagues, was greeted rather warmly by locals when he ascended the mound in pomp- tious fashion. Imbued with the idea that he, a class AA pitchers was the master of any lowly class A player, Blackwood served his pet hook over the plate to one Walter Tragesser, which was to his lilS- ing, and the aforesaid Baron slashed a
 
 three quarters around the circuit before
 it was relayed back into safe territory.
 Disdaining to play safe with succeeding batter, answering to the congnomen of Roy Ellam, and trying to feel him with some of his much heralded curves, the ex-Southern leaguer tried once again to slip over another little fooler but the watchful Ellam landed on it for a three bagger to center. Tragesser walking over the plate for the tieing run,
 Ellam Scores Winning Run
 Before the astounded BaclSwood could pull himself together Bill Schwartz lifted 6 sacrifice fly into left field and Ellam dashed home with the second and winning tally.
 Louisville scored its first and only run in the opening session on a hit, an in- i field out and slashing bingle to left. ! Burch, first up. cracked out a single to left. advancing to the keystone on an in- field out from Marcan to Schwartz. Os- | borne then delivered a healthy punch to left. bringing in Burch. This ended the scoring so far as Louisville was con cerned, as Osborne was tagged out at second on double play from Fittery to Ellam to Schwartz, Clements being the victim at the initial corner.
 With defeat staring them ip the face, the Coionels made a desperate -assault on the Barons in the sixth and again in the early part of the ninth. In the final round, Clements, with onedown, hit to left for one bag, another single to center by Ingerton, putting him at the mid- way station. A senational stop and throw | to first by Marcan disposing of McLarry | saved the day for the Barons and shat l tered the hopes of the American associa- | tion aggregation of making a garrison | finish.
 Fittery and Sloan Pitch
 Molesworth used two hurlers, Fittery | and Sloan, while Jack Hayden of the | Colonels rushed three, Toney, Blaclxwood | and Ellis on the mound in attempt | to stem the tide of battle.
 F'ittery opened the hostilities for the | Barons and travelled five innings against | the visitors. While on the mound he was touched for three hits and the lone tally | made by Louisville. Sloan was initiated in the sixth and during his regime the Colonels swatters garnered five hits.
 Toney, a former Cub. held the Barons helpless and not hit was registered l during the four innings he was on the mound. Blackwood succeeded him in the. fifth but was in return relieved by Ellis in the eighth.
 Marcan's sensational fielding at sec ond base made possible a Baron victory In the first exhibition game of the sea son. With one out in the fourth in ming he intercepted, one handed, an almost sure single to right, and while whipped the ball to Schwartz in time to catch the runner.
 Tn the ninth session, with one down and men on second and third. he again speaf9d the ball in almost the same spot as before and caught the batter at first, nipping a dangerous rally in the bud
 Second Baseman McLeary of Louisville also cut short an intended Baron rally in the seventh when he speared on the run line drive off the bat of Ellam.
 Fast and snappy work of hfielders of both teams characterized the game and made it interesting. Lanky Bill Schwartz was the busy boy of the day, making IF put outs. two of them un