The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-12

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 Montgomery, August 11.--tspecial)- )-Bir- mingham won the longest game that has been played here this season from Mont gomery this afternoon, the score being to 1. Curley Brown was pitted against Mcleod and both pitchers were in great form. Mcleod allowed the Barons only five hits during the entire 15 innings. and the Barons won the game without a hit assisting in putting the run over the plate.
 Brown, while he allowed 10 hits, four of, which were for two bases. was ex- ceedingly strong in pinches, and as a re- suit of this the Montgomery runners were stranded on the bags No less than F Montgomery runners died on the bags.
 The fielding behind the two huriers was sensational Neither error made by the teams had any serious results. The error charged to Tragesser was given him when he dropped foul fly. while Elwert got his after knocking down what would have been easily a two-base hit
 Teams Fielded Fast
 Stewart and Carroll both robbed several
 
 sure hits, and Stewart killed chance of a Montgomery run in the second when he threw Daly out at third when he tried to reach the third station on a fly to right field. Jantzen, however, made the best catch of the game. It was in the thr- teenth inning, and Birmingham had run ners resting on third and second with two down. Stewart hit a short fly back of second base which Jantzen caught off h to oh. t.r, he had trapped the ball. which shows just what nice catch he made.
 Montgomery scored the first run of the game in the fourth inning. With one dcwn, Brown passed Baker, and he ad- vanced to third on Elwert's double to right field. Daly hit high bounder which bounced over Browns head, and while Daly was being thrown out at first Mar can to covington, Baker counted. After this inning Montgomery failed to accept numerous opportunities to score. The first good chance to score after the fourth came in the fifth inning Parker, the first batter up was passed and he took third on Snedecors single to right Donahue popped out to Marcan and Me- Leod then drove hot enc at Mcdonald Parker scored Snedecor took second and Mcleod first. Holander then came up to the bat.
 For some reason unknown to local fans OToole then called Parker off the Montgomery bench and sent him back to third base and called Mcleod back to the bat, saying that McLeod's hit was a foul ball. Mcdonald was full a yard on the inside of the third sta tion and the ball hit his foot, never touching his hands at all However, O'Toole stuck to his decision. Mcleod then famed and Hollander was out on a line drive to Marcan
 Bills Spurn Opportunities
 In the ninth inning Montgomery had another great opportunity which they failed to accept. Elwert opened with single to right and was forced to sec ond when Daily was passed Jantzen then sacrificed Gribbens was sent in to bat for Parker and Brown walked him purposely. filling the bases Shed ecor grounded to Covington and El- vert was forced at the plate. Donahue grounded to Brown and Daly was out at the plate. retiring the side.
 Even after Birmingham scored one run in the fifteenth Montgomery had a great chance to tie 1t again as Baker, the first batter up. hit to left for two. Elwert sacrificed him to third but neither Daly nor Johnson were equal to the occasion and the game was over.
 Birmingham scored in the seventh in- ming when Stewart opened with a sim gle and was sacrificed by Mcbride and scored on Covington's single Ellam then famed and Tragesser was out, Elwert to Snedecor, retiring the side. The winning run of the game was scored by Birmingham in the fifteenth inning Mcleod passed Tragesser, the first batter up. and both Brown and Tragesser were safe when the former beat McLeods throw of the latter's bunt to second base. Marcan moved them up a peg with a sacrifice and Tragesser scored on McDonalds fly to center.
 Two games were scheduled for this afternoon, but at the end of the fif- teenth it was too near dark to even start the second game and O'Toole an- nounced that there would be two games tomorrow. Lively for Montgomery and Johnson for Birmingham in the first game and Black and Robertson in the second are the probable pitchers.