The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-04
By HERBERT CALDWELL


 Memphis. August s.-(SpeciaI.) )-The Chicks and the Barons thrust a ball game at each other this afternoon and finally, after making several futile reaches, the Chicks got firm hold in the eleventh inning and were polite enough to accept the offering from the Barons. The Chicks won, score 6 to 5, and when the winning run crossed the line with two out in the eleventh one of the most thrilling baseball sketches staged at Russweed this summer end- ed.
 The eleventh inning started with the count and and brought about a Baron rally of three runs and wound up with a Chick rally of four runs and victory.
 The Barons had the game first when they started 1t by knocking a pair of fups out of Howard Merritt in the first round, Baron generosity started the way for Chick run in the sixth and seventh and Chick bats kept the job
 Baronial generosity was shown again in the tenth when the bases were filled and the Chicks were unable to bring about verdict in their favor. The Barons un- dressed Howard Merritt of anything de- ] ceptive he had left when he started the eleventh session. Five clean hits, includ- ing double and triple, brought the Barons but three runs, but the trio looked sufficient for q victory
 Deacon Key Perryman, who had wob- bled through the ten preceding innings gave the Chicks new hope when he start Aed the eleventh by walking Mitchell. schlei went to bat for Merritt and drew pass. Manager Molesworth used the hook on Perryman and sent BurleiRh Grimes to the rescue.
 Crimes sent down Pete Allison on strikes. Red McDermott then inserted his fourth hit of the fray. scoring Mitchell and moving schlei to second. The pla @ began to swing for Grimes and he walked Stewart. filling the bases. With Baldwin at bat and three balls and one strike on him Moley used the hook again and put the task in the hands of Dickey Rob- ertson Robertson slipped a strike over on Baldwin and then Baldwin hit a slow roller to Robertson and Schlei was nailed at the plate. Andreen, who had gone hit less up to now. evened the count for his side with a slashing drive to center for a single, sending McDermott and Stewart the remainder of the way Midst the deaf ening roar of shouts and stomps Wee Press Cruthers singled over second, SCOT ing Baldwin and Memphis had bagged some more pennant points.
 BarOns Rally
 The Baron rally in the eleventh came as sudden as a flash. Merritt had held the aliens to i've scattered hits for the preceding nine innings. Lindsay opened with a single to center and went to second on Ellam's sacrifice Clark tripled to right ned, scoring Ellam. Hale then sent a sin gle to right and Clark counted Perry man poked a double just inside the right i, field line. sending Hale to third. Merritt ! struck out Sloan and things looked some brighter. Magee followed with single and Hale was the third Baron to cross the line Coyle grounded to McDermott, who forced Magee at second, and what looked like a Baron victory had been turned out. X The Barons set out on the way for victory in the first inning, when they amassed four hits off Merritt for two runs Sloan singled, but was forced at second by Magee on a grounder to Merritt. Coylo popped.
 Coombs combed one of Merritt's un- dressed curves into the left bleachers and trotted home behind Magee The ball landed on the top shelf of village of Zigland.
 Lindsay beat out a roller to Eibel and went to third on Ellam's single to right. Clark drew a base on balls and the bases were filled. Hale ended the "