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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
MARCAN STILL TIED WITH ). CALLAHAN Both Continue to Maintain Even Pace In Scoring
 Tallies

The tie that has existed for the past several weeks between Arthur Mar can of the Barons and Dave Callahan of the Volunteers in the race for SCOT ing honors still remains unbroken. In 127 games each has crossed the plate ss times. giving them an average oi .e7s.
 Eddie Mcdonald of the Barons ranks second with an average of .667 hay ing scored 66 times in 99 engagements.
 Of the first 10 leaders in scoring two are Barons, two Lookouts two Crackers, one a Turtle. another a Gull and the last a Pelican.
 Here are the players who have ta1- lied over .500 per cent in runs through the games played Thursday, August 20:
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Nashville, 162; Memphis, 149; Montgom- cry, 143; Chattanooga, 14O New Orleans. 137; Mobile, 133
 Stolen Bases. Birmingham leads the Southern lea que teams in stolen bases. with 2lS. The others are as follows: Nashville 1855; Memphis 1S3; New Orleans. l67; Montgomery. 147: Atlanta, IA; Mobile, Al; Chattanooga IA
 Double Plays. Nashville leads the Southern leayue teams in double plays, with 97. The others are as follows: Birmingham, 95: Mont gomery 90; Chattanooga. 79; Atlanta. 77: Memphis "A; Mobile, 71 New Orleans. 59.
 Passed Balls. Birmingham catchers have made the most passed balls, with 20. The others are as follows: Nashville, H. New Or leans, g; Atlanta, S. Memphis, &; Mont gomery, T; Mobile, &; Chattanooga, 5.
 Strike Outs Montgomery batters have famed the most, 465 times. The others are as fol- lows: Chattanooga, 464; Atlanta. AZ: Mo- bile 40; Nashville. 439 Birmingham, 436; Memphis S9s; New Orleans. S5o
 Bases on Balls. Birmingham batters have obtained the most bases on balls. with l53 The others are as follows Atlanta, 373 Montgom- cry, 32S; Chattanooga. 3l5 Memphis 3l4;
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GIFTED MANAGER
 ON INJURED LIST Tinker Forced From Game By Collision With Bi-
 son TOsser

Chicago, August 22.-Joe Tinker man. ager of the Chicago Federal le4z zde club, probably will not be able to play ball any more this season, according to a physician who examined him today to ascertain the extent of the injury he suffered in a collision in yesterdays game. It was found that a rib was fractured and splinter of the bone had penetrated lung. In the same accident he was spiked on the knee and ankle
 The collision occurred in the ninth in- hing, when Tinker dashed to the plate to cover 1t on wild pitch. Charlie Han ford, Buffalo player ran in from third and the two crashed. Tinker finished out the game, but today found such difficulty in breathing that he consulted a doctnr
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ROY ELLAM IS SLUGGING
 LEADER ON BARON ROSTER
Local Captain Has Waloped More Doubles Triples and Ho CTS Than Any Man On Team-Marcan Registered
 Greatest Number of Bases
By ASA RouNTREE, JR.

Roy Ellam is setting the pace for his team-mates in extra base swatting. The blond young captain not only has the highest slngging average. of' any man on the Baronial squad, but also leads with doubles. triples and home runs. Fourteen two-bagsers, il triples and nine torners ,ire recorded to his credit.
 Lii Malca has registered the greatest number of bases, but most of these have come al a time.
 Next to Ellam in walloping keystone clouts is Tex Covington, with B: Mar can stands third with an even dnzcr. Ed die NcDonald has 10 rung ur, while the other niellbers of the squad all have fewer in numLer.
 l1llYm is the only Baron whose ihTee- hasgers range il, two figures. Clyde Me Bride lapls St econd to the Baron short step with nire, while Eddie Mcdonald and Arthur Marcan are resting togei acr in third position, each ha9ins cracked oui eight.
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LORD HAS SLIGHT
 LEAD OVER RIVAL Gull Pilot Topping McCor- mick In Batting By a
 Narrow Margin

With an advantage of only two points over his closest rival, Manager Briscoe Lord of the Gulls is maintaining his lead in batting. having an average of .322. Moose Mccormick of the Lookouts con tinues to cling at his heels with mark of .32O. Jud Daley of the Billikens also rests in third position with BIT
 Chubby Carleton Molesworth and Curley Brown are leading the local team. Moley has an average of AT for seven tilts and Brown one of .299 for 26 encounters.
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having granted 79 passes. Hardgrove has baffled the opposing batsmen more generally, as he is the only one of the quintette over 100 strikeouts Robertson Is second and Brown third.
 Robertson and Johnson are running a close race for the honor of being the iron man of the club. Richard has op- erated in S7 games, while Johnson has worked in 35
 Herewith are the complete pitching averages, excluding the games yester- day:
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COYLE'S ERROR GIVES
 GAME TO PELICANS

New Orleans, August 22.-New Or leans took the first game of the series from Chattanooga by the score of l to today after a pitchers battle be- tween Weaver and Harding. The locals scored the run in the. eighth inning when Hendryx, who was third, crossed the plate when Coyle dropped Cavenrys throw on Barbares grounder. Catcher Higgins Of New Orleans was put out of the game in the fifth for disputing eciSion. Score.
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American Association

At Columbus: Columbus 10-6, Miiwau- kee 7-s. Second game called end sixth. darkness)
 At Cleveland: Cleveland f. Kansas City At Indiana polls: Indianapolis 3-5. Min. neapolis 1-4.
 At Louisville: Louisville 1, St. Paul a (Eleven innings).
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CRACKERS ANNEX
 TWO FROM BILLS

Atlanta, August 22.--Atlanta took both games in a double header with Montgomery here today, l to o and [ to l. The first was a pitchers battle be- tween Day and Perryman, with honors even. In the second game Black did not allow hit until the sixth inning when the Montgomery infield went to pieces and Atlanta scored five runs Scores:
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THE BARONS HAVE SCORED
 GREATEST NUMBER OF RUNS

Chattanooga leads the Southern league teams with the stick with a team batting average of .26s. Mobile is second and Nashville third. Chattanooga has made the most number of hits. Mobile second and Nashville third. Birmingham has made the most runs, Chattanooga second and Memphis third
 Here are the team batting averages through the games played Wednesday,
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VETERAN LIEBHARDT
 WINS PITCHING DUEL

Mobile, August 22.-Memphs won the opening game from Mobile today in a pitching battle between Keeley and Iieb- hardt The score was ? to 1, Schlei's s double driving in both Memphis runs. Both Liebhardt and Keeley pitched well, but the former profited by sensational support, catches by Allison, Mccormick and Mullen each shutting off base hits.
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ziggy Johnson ranks third The lanky youngster has won 4 and lost g. He is the third Birmingham mounds man over 500. Dave Roth, by his de- feat yesterday at the hands of the Vols, dropped to .500 as he has cap tured and lost six games. Dick Rob ertson, the hard luck man of the corps, is just one game over 800
 Although Johnson has the reputa- tion of being the most consistent pitcher on the staff, he has issued the greatest number of bases on balls,
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'Batted for Stewart in seventh.

(Cal1ed m seventh by agreement.)
 SUMMARY Two-base Hits-Marcan. Callahan. King, Carroll. Three-base Hits-King, Burns. Double Play-Lindsay, Williams to Paulette. Struck Out-Kroh 3. Base on Balls-kroh 2. Hit by Pitcher-Smith, stewart Sacrifice Hits-Carroll. Dodge, Paulette Time-1:45. Umpires-Rudderham and Chestnut.
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Player.

Mobile, so9; New Orleans, 29s; Nashville, 290.
 Hit Eaters. New Orleans pitchers have hit the most batters, with 6s. The others are as fol- lows Montgomery, 66: Nashville, 52; Chattanooga. 4s; Memphis, fl; Atlanta, 31 i; Mobile, 31; Birmingham 30.
 Wild Pitches. Montgomery. a2; Chattanooga, P; Bir- mingham, 25 New Orleans, 23 Nashville, 22, Atlanta, 2l; Memphis, 19; Mobile, 14.
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BARONS LOSE FIRST
 GAME TO VOLS BUE DEADLOCK THE LAST 7
THREE BARON PITCHERS
 BOAST OF 500 RECORDS
Curley Brown Leads the Birmingham Pitching Corps With Fifteen Victories and Seven Loses-Hardgrove is
 Second, Johnson Third-All Over 5O0

The five regular Baron fingers boast of pitching records 500 Southpaw Curey Brown leading the corps witH 15 triumps and downfa Since recovering from an injured de Brown has been beaten, having taken four straghts Hardgrove the rescuer figured in Is victories He has captured just twice many games as he has loSt :.
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Summary. Hits apportloned. IlveIy l with no hits and no runs Black with { hits, runs. Struck out Black 3, Thomp- son ?. Base on balls, Black ?, Lively 2. Thompson 2 Double play Black. Dona- hue. Elwert to Parker. Stolen bases, Jantzen. Kircher, Bisland. Jennings. Time, l:55. Empires, Breitenstein and Kerin.
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International League

At Jersey City: Jersey City 4, Mon frcal [
 At Newark Newark 2. Toronto ,. At Baltimore: Baltimore 4-3. Buffalo S-s At Providence: Providence 5-5 Roches- ter tA
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Chattanooga leads the Southern league teams in slugging with 1500 total bases on their hits. Mobile is second and Nashville | third.
 l Nashville leads in doubles, Chattanooga | in triples, home runs and extra bases. l Here are the teams slugging averages
 through the games played Wednesday, | August
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Summary: Two-b base hit, FLICK. Struck out. Weaver 8, Harding l. Bases on balls, Weaver 2, Harding g. Double plays. Hendryx. Barbare to Bluhm; Graff. Flick to Coyle. Time. 1:45. um- fires, Fifield and O'roole.
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Strategy
From Puck.

Mother: Whats the matter, darling? Won't the big girls play with your"
 Ethel between sobs): "Yes, but they said I was the cook, and it was my day out-so l must go!'
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Sacrifice Hits.

Called end eighth because of darknes
 SUMMARY. Two-base Hits-Dodge, King. Double Play-Covington to Ellan. Struck Out-Berger :. Robertson {. Base on Robertson f Stolen Base-Berger. Time-1:20 umpires-chesnutt and Rudderham-
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Summary: Two base hit, Parker. Three base hit Long. Struck out, Day 2. Perryman 1.Base on balls, Day ?, Perryman 1. stolen bases, Baker, Long, Bankston. Time, 15 Empires, kerin and Breitenstein.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 15. San Antonio 4.
 At Houston: Houston 1, Austin o. At Waco: Waco 5, Beaumont g. At Dallas: Dallas 6. Galveston 8.
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| Nashville leads the Southern league teams in fielding with team average of l.9e6 New Orleans and Mobile are tied for second place with .965 each. Here are the l team field averages through the games played Wednesday, August 19:
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SOUTH ATLANTIC

At Savannah; Savannah 1, Columbia , five innings by agreement).
 At Charleston: Charleston B. Augusta 9 At Jacksonville: Jacksonville ?. Colum- bus 0.
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RED STEWART SAVES
 DAY FOR ROBERTSON
 BY FIELDING FEAT
Heine Berger and Robertson, Both Spitballers, Stage Light Bat tie In SecOnd-Darkness
 Halts Game
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesferdax

KeSuItS Yesterday Nashville 5-1. Birmingham 2-1. Atlanta 1-7, Montgomery O-1. New Orleans 1, Chattanooga 0. Memphis ?. Mobile 1.
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Barons First to Score

In the second game the Barons were the first to score. making their run in the second by taking advantage of an nfield error. Stewart opened with an easy tap to Lindsay, which rolled between his legs and singles by Mcbride and Covington scored him. After this inning the Bar ons went out in order saw. in the sixth, when Mcdonald crashed ashit through Lindsay.
 The Vols had not made a hit until the fourth, but Dodge opened that round with drive over Carrolls head for two bases Charlie misjudged the ball badly King doubled to right center, scoring Johnny but Bobby retired the next three in order by grand work
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*Hit for Miller in ninth.
 Score by innings:
 Mobile ........................ .000 GOO 100-1 Memphis .........-...............0 900 coo a00--2
 Summary: Two-base hits, Schlei Do- bard Sacrifice hits. O'Dell, Coyle. Stolen base. Dunckel. Struck out Keeley 4. Liebhardt f. Bases on balls. Liebhardt 2. Hit by pitcher, Keeley (McCormick Time 1:40. Empires, Ptenninger and Kellum.
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too, was taken to the hospital, where it was said tonight his chance of recovery was slight.
 Four spectators were bruised when the car hit the fence
 dinner to have been given the drivers m ,chlcago tonight was cancelled, and the accident cast cloud over DePalma' s remarkable performance.
 Yesterday this driver beat the field over the oi-mile course at an average speed of I3.6 miles. Today's race had 24 start CTS. Only five were figuring in the race at the close and again DePalma was ahead, his average speed being 73.5 miles, or one-tenth of mile slower than his previous performance, which was a new course record.
 Wisharts ill luck began yesterday. He was leading for most of the Cobe cup race until leak in his gas tank devel- oped and put him out of it.
 Sixty thousand persons witnessed to- 6niG Coll
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Stewart Makes Great Catch

Fielding features were furnished bv Dodge, Callahan and Stewart, the lat ter saving the day for Robertson when he made great catch on the dump on Llndsay's long fly in the fourth, with King lodged on third base. After catching the ball Red" fell and rolled to the bottom of the incline. but did not let the ball slip from his grasp.
 Marcan's double, McDonalds single and Carroll's sacrifice fly gave the Barons their first run of the opening round in the first game while the second was made Tn the fourth as a result of Stewart being hit and successive singles by Mcbride and Covington.
 Nashville scored in the first inning on Kings double and Paulette's single and again in the second, when Lindsay was safe as the result of Roth dropping his nigh fly, taking second on Williams in held out and scoring on Smiths single down the right field line In the third the Vols scored their last three. Callahan beat out bunt toward first and Dodge sacrificed. King tripled to left, scoring Dave. Paulctte slkied over Carrolls head Burns lifted a drive over CarrolIs head on which the utility man made the mis- take of running in, scoring King and getting three sacks. Lindsay singled to the dump, scoring Burns.
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Here are some miscellaneous figures of the Southern league teams that may prove of interest to Southern league fans:
 Sacrifice Hits. Atlanta leads the Southern League teams in sacrifice hits, with 192. The others are as follows: Birmingham, 166;
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Games Today
Games Today Birmingham at Nashville. Atlanta at Montgomery. Chattanooga at New Orleans. Memphis at Mobile.

Nashville August 22.-(Special )-Bir- mingham's s winning streak received a tenn porary setback today when the Vols took the first game of double header by a score of to ?. the second going eight innings before it was called on account of darkness with the score standing. 1 and 1.
 The leaders were badly outplayed by Nashville in the first engagement Kroh having the better of Roth, who was un- able to quell the Vols in the pinches. The second was one of the prettiest games ot the season, it being a pitchers bat tie between couple of spitbalI beavers. a veteran and a youngster
 Heinie Berger was opposed by the bril- liant Dick Robertson and there was little to choose between them. Heinie allowed but three hits and Dick four. but in the matter of control the veteran had an edge. not passing a batter, while Robertson issued four walks, getting him self in dangerous hole in the eighth, when two Vols worked him for passes filling the bases He was, however, equal to the emergency. forcing King to sky out to Mcbride.
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*Hit for Miller in ninth. Seora hv inuiups.
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Robert. young son Of Mr.. and Mrs L.
NJ. Dommers. Is ~ az the home Of his
parents on South Fifth street
The Modern Woodmen OF America will
hold an important meeting IN their hall
on Hanover street this evening.
A large number OF local people attend
ed the opening performance OF "onCle
Toms Cabin" at the Court theatre last
evening.
a large number Of rooters will ac-
company the high school football team
to Canal Dover this afteruoon
A regular weekly meeting Of the
shield Of Honor will be held In their
hail on Hanover street this evening.
Weekly choir practice was held In oil
Of the local churches last evening aud
arrangements were made for the Christ
mas music.
Regular sunday services will he held
AZ the city GOSPEL Mission tomorrow
afternoon and evening
The city council will meet IN regular
session in the city clerks Office this
evening.
Several 81 the local attorneys we're M
81 ClairEvillc yesterday. a. many cases
we're ur before the grand jury.
The prize team 81 horses owned hV
krim Bros. was yesterday brought bon
from the Cadiz fair. where they pulled
down several prizes.