The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-16


 Lanky Arthur Johnson halted the de- termined. onslaught of the Crackers. when he blanked the star willow wielders for nine successive sessions and trumphed, 8 to o. Browning, the leading Atlanta heaver, opposed the elongated Baron, and twirled in fine form, possessing with a sizzling fast ball and deceptive hook. But Peter Knisely and Walter Tragesser Inserted two timely wallops with the sacks occupied and registered victory for Birmingham. following three success sive drubbings.
 At threatening stages. Johns extend- ed himself and emerged from the diff culties unscathed. Until the ninth in- ming, he had yielded six hits in six sepa- rate innings. In this inning, Holland and Jennings smashed his consistency
 mark by scoring bingle each. Brown ing held the Barons deftly in check in seven sessions, but failed to avoid the bludgeons of Knisely and Tragesser in the fourth and seventh. The Cracker
 hurler had merry fast ball that seemed
 insoluble, and was possessed with con trol. He allowed but four clean hits,
 MdICdH ditQ MCDIldt SdiiiihS oulttito Oii drives to the infielders.
 Blanked for the first three rounds, Bir-
 mirgham registered the first tally i'll
 the fourth frame. Marcan oatsped a fast grounder which Mcconnell stopped bs ok of second too late to nab the second sacker. On the hit and run, Mcdonald singled to center. Marcan ventured to advance to third, but halted mid second and third and was finally put out in a chase. During the progress Of the zig
 gag manuever, Mcdonald reached second.
 Carroll rapped a slow grounder to Brown
 ing end advanced Mcdonald to third. Pete Knisely emerged from his hitting slump by driving out resounding double just inside the third base line and Eddie scored
 With Johnson moving down the Crack CTS with consistency and Browning blank ing the Barons, the setto progressed without event until the seventh Bisland s sointillating recovery of Carols fast Grive robbed the utility man as d starter, but Knisely laced a line drive to Long for one base. The Teuton stole second. and rested there until Covington lined cut to Long. McBrds drew a pass when Brownings hitherto reliable control way
 cred His siege of wildness continued and Ellam was given base balls.
 With the bases crowded. Trageaser drove a hook to left field. Knisely and Me-
 Bride registered easily, but Ellam was nipped at third by Longs perfect peg to Holland and the rally subsided.
 Atlanta had several opportunities to register but inability to solve Johnson squelched the hopes. In the first Long
 req ohed second only to die on Welchonce' 8 line drive to Johnson. In the fourth, the bases were filled when Eibel was hit, fol- lowing Welchonce's and Bislands single.
 Two were down and Dunn proved an easy third out. In the sixth Bisland dc ub,ed with two down. but Holland hoisted a foul fly to Mcdonald. In the
 seventh, Eibel led off with single and
 stole, but remained on second when Dunn popped out; Browning flew out to center and Mcconnell whiffed.
 Billy Smith resorted to extreme meas
 ures in the ninth, but met with barren results. Holland hit his secold single to center Eibel took three futile swings,
 but Jennings, substituted for Dunn, re- srcnded with a single to center. Hol- land was checked at second Tyree, in all his rotundlty, presented a formidable appearance as pinch man for Brown ing. He lined out to Ellam and enabled Marcan to double Jennings at second for the last out.