The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-23


 outs and gave them strenuous strug- gle, but failed. The Barons hampered Howell and Buscher with abondon in the opening contest, and scored an easy victory for the little spitball finger, winning II to 1. Spurred on to score a double victory, Robby took the slab in the second affray and pitched in fine form, but the Barons amassed but one hit off Lefty Quarders and Hard ing. After emerging from threatening situations unscathed for six rounds, Bobby yielded two safeties in the sew enth and Chattanooga scored a lone run. enough to even up the twin frolic.
 Abbreviated by mutual consent, the two even-inning games provided base ball of every variety. In the first game. Birmingham rapped out a vol ley of IA safe drives. The slugging reached an early climax for Peter Knisely hosted a slant of HowelPs over the right field palisade for home run in the first inning. The Teuton added a finishing touch to his swat ting by following with a single and a double. In the second game, he pre- vented a no-hit game by an infeld hit to Ems in the final round.
 Sensations marked the closing setto. Lefty Quarders, a wonder in the em- bryo opened and held the BaronS with- out hit, when Manager Mccormick yanked him in the fifth due to his penchant towards wildness. Harding assumed the burden and pulled out of a tense situation without allowing the Barons to score. Jack Johnston. the Chattanooga left fielder, saved the struggle, when he pulled down Robert sons long hoist to the sunfield in the fifth and nipped Mcbride at the plate with a perfect peg Despite the re- suit, Bobby deserved a double triumph.
 The closing encounter was Q spirited fight Dick Robertson seemed to weak en slightly before runners gained run way on the sacks, but when the Look outs endangered, he twirled invincibly. He received both dazzling and mediocre support In the second inning, Flick tripled, but "Robby' disposed of Gran, the man who later broke up the game, without difficulty. In the third, Street opened with a single. Robertson pre- vented Quarders from sacrificing and later whiffed him. Johnston singled to center. sending Stret to second, but tbe plucky little pitcher responded gamely' famed Ems and downed Jacobson With out event.
 In the sixth, it seemed as if the struggle had been lost. Johnston sin pled to right as starter but was forced out when Mcdonald threw Ems grounder to Marcan. At this Juncture, Dilger who caught both games, ai- lowed a ball to pass through his hands although the toss was somewhat hish' Ems took advantage of his slow re- coyery and speeded to third in safety. With one out the situation looked men acing, but Bobby famed the mighty Jacobson and forced Mccormick to hit a slow grounder to Marcan
 After having held the Lookouts to one run in 1s innings, Robertson yielded a trinle to Covle in the seventh inning of inc last round. Carroll, whose fast field ing had added to the game, suffered q reversal of form in this inning, for witn his usual speed he could have held Coyle' hit to two bags. but he allowed It t' get through him for three bags fhch hit a grounder to Marcan, but Coyle re mained motionless at third. McCormlcr saw the great moment of the time ane substituted fleet-footed Shanley for Coyle The substitution met with success. lol Graf hit the first ball pitched to him tt left field, and Shanley scored the winnns run The two batsmen following ground ed out to Ellam
 Ou;.rders possessed swell supply o bafflers, but was wild. When he wa. taken from the mound in the fifth he had not yielded a semblance of a hit, althougl he had been placed in endangerng situa tion by his four walks. wild pitch ant hit batsman. In the fifth he hit Nc Bride The odfielder stole second o, Street and went to third on Quurders vild beave Mccormick divined thu yc,ngster was growing wilder, and inject . cd his star pitcher, Harding, to stop thu slaughter Mcbride was on third, Dilge m first. as the result of walk, and thu count stood 2-2 on Robertson with on' ont when Harding started. Robertson boisted a long fly to left field down th foul line and 1t seemed as if McBrid w,uld score eesily, but Johnston mad an unerring return to Street and McBrid vns touched out for the third out at tn platter. This saved the game, for Hard ing put Birmingham out in order in tn sixth and in the seventh prevented { score. However. Knisely, first up, score' an infield hit to Ems in deep short. Gov ington's grounder advanced him to sec ! ond. but Mcbride and Ellam drove ou U lcng flies to Jacobson and the Lookout eNened up.
 Howell and Buscher were hammers With relentless fury in the first game Eleven runs were registered in the hrs three innings. while Robertson gave III but one run, it coming in the sixth ol Johnston's single followed by Ja :obson triple.
 slarcan opened the game with an indel hit to Ems over second Mcdonald wen out, but Carroll advanced him to second