The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Games Today
BY RICHARD r. LUssIER


Perryman was-devoutly indignant.
He had reason to be--as he watched
his mates faIter Mt critical times dur
ing yesterday afternoons setto with
which errors by the BarOns netted Lit
tie Rock a quartet of counters or more
than enough to win. Tie final score
was to B.
Emmett Key Perryman, erstwhile
preacher, had everything that a good
pitcher should have, but good support
Time and again the wall-eyed, butter
fingered gentry that masqueraded as
Barons yesterday, "gummed' up easy
chances with the result that four large,
juicy runs were deliberately handed on a
platter to the Travellers. Only one of the
runs made by Little Rock was earned.
Devoutly Indignant
Perryman was devoutly indignant He
looked askance on the good Lord for
allowing the misfits supporting him MAX
ing SO many costly errors. Between in
nings Perryman prayed for the eternal
salvation of his mates, which shows at
least that the tall boy has a kind heart;
and which was in direct contrast to the
meagre gathering of fans who merely
hoped that the Barons would sleep to-
night in order to be awake this after
noon.
The Barons, however, displayed some
class early in the game by acquiring two
runs In the second stanza Magee singled
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BILE to left. Ellam's out scored Magee and
Lindsay easily scored on Shotgun" John
Wallace's long drive to left for a triple
Perryman famed. Coombs walked and
Sloan popped out, ending the scoring
for the Barons until the seventh inning
when Ellam's triple and Perryman's sin
gle scored one counter and incidentally
the last run for the Barons.
Errors Are Costly
On the other hand, despite the obvious
fact that the Travellers were hitting the
ball on the nose, Perryman was pitching a
beautiful game and the two-run lead given
to him by his mates doomed as enough
for victory. However. in the third the
hobbies began. Tex Covington was
passed to open with. Powell slammed the
ball at ELAN, who threw to Clark for
an easy force out on Covington at Sec
Ond. But Dannie dropped the pellet and
both runners were safe. JantZen drove
a high bounder past first which Clark
let through his hands, and Covington
easily scored while Powell went to third.
At this point Preacher Perryman, real
1zing that his mates had not recovered
from Sundays diversions, decided to
pitch with the result that Starr popped
out and Messenger and Baker were fan
victims.
In the sixth the Barons decided to err
again. With two out Murray singled to
center. Gibson followed with a single to
right sending Murray to third. Gibson
started to steal second and Wallace dis
played a rare throwing arm by throw
ing the pellet into centerfield, allowing
Murray to score and Gibson to reach
third. incidentally, Wordsworth fell off his
chair when this happened
Travellers ROmp
Again Perryman was devoutly indig-
nant and in fact was so thoroughly inn
bued with the injustice of his mates that
he allowed Downey to single and Glib
son scored the only earned run of the
game-if it could be considered that
In the seventh, with one out, Jantzen
singled and reached second on STAIRS
infield tap. Messenger drove one at Coyle.
who threw in left field trying to catch
Starr at second. On Coyle's error Jant-
zen scored The last run was made n
the eighth when Gibson hit line drive
to right, which was juggled allowing
Gibby to nestle at the keystone sack.
An out sent Gibson to third and he
scored on Covingtons sacrifice fly. The
official scorer only charges the Barons
with three errors-but then the official
scorer is well known as one of the most
sympathetic of baseball scribes. But only
three errors was not sympathy-it was
charity.