The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-28

to center field which Magee essayed catching on the fly He trapped the ba at his shoetops and followed with a tum- biesault, but held onto the pellet Me. Dermott was held at third base. Schlei hoisted short fly to Coombs. When the peg to the plate carried to the left of the plate, McDermott scored easily Cruthers was Intentionally walked, filling the bases, but Johnson famed Eibel for the third out
 During the first four rounds Roth held Birmingham to one. bit-Linds $. single in the first inning. But in the fifth ses- sion, with Coyle out, Coombs slashed [, drive to left field. The hit carried past Baldwin, but was stopped by the soggy field and checked Coombs at second. El- lam followed with long fly that rolle to the temporary bleachers in left field and Coombs scored the tieing run. FL lam was destined to remain astride thir.i base for Hale grounded out to Mitchell and Johnson hit to the pitcher.
 Chicks Take Brace
 The Chicks did not seriously menace Johnson during the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, but in the ninth it seemed a3 though the Memphii would secure an even break. In the ninth Hemingway opened the assault with a triple down the left field line. Lord cast a gloom over
 
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 The Memphii flashed the squeeze again with Roth at the bat. The big mounds man missed the ball and Hale begged to Lindsay, catching him off third. In re. ceiving the throw Lindsay slipped in the mud, but fiat on his back he begged un- erringly to Hale and Schlei went out. McDermott closed the eventful session by grounding out, Carroll to Coyle.
 Birmingham countered against the Chicks in the ninth forced Roth from the mound and tied the score: Lindsay opened with a grounder back of first base. Eibel fie1ded it. but slipped in re- tracing his steps toward first From his prone position In the slush he threw to Roth. The peg from Eibel and Lindsay arrived at the bag almost simultaneously but BernnarQ gave the Tu1lueI tie uS- cision. Tod Sloan made victory possl- ble by doubling to center field, sending Sloan to third. Coyle slashed groundcr down the third base line that McDermott trapped on running dive. but failed to produce an out. for Lindsay scored Coombs drew a base on balls, while unl- pire Kerin received few wrathful ,worGs from Pitcher David Roth.
 Roth to the Cooler At this critical juncture Manager Lord removed Roth from the slab and sent his southpaw Howard Merritt to the mound. Merritt succeeded in flaming E.- lam. The enthusiasm of the cheering crowd grew intense when Jack Wallace, the reliable pinch hitter, emerged from the dugout and was announced as hitting for Hale Wallace proved equal to the task. for he swatted long liner sacrifice to Hemingway that enabled Sloan to score the tieing run.
 Johnson retired Memphis on three flies in their section of the tenth. Johnson and Carroll, having been retired on easy grounders to Mitchell, 1t seemed as though the game would end in darkness, for 1t was impossible to continue another in ming, However, Merritt gave four success slve balls to Jimmy Magee. With a southpaw pitching and a left-hander bat