The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
Games Today Birmin gham at Atlanta. New Orleans at Mobile.
Fly FRED BODEKER

By prodigal wasting of numerous op- portunities to score the Barons present. ed the Mobile Gulls the final game of the season yesterday afternoon at Rick wood Field, the score being 4 to g. Dick Robertson was on the mound for the Barons and his free trips to first paved the way for his downfall. Tex Coving- ton did the hurling duties for Manager Schmidt and was batted freely with the bases unoccupied, but was invncible in the pinches.
 It was some game. The Gulls tried to make the Barons a present of it, but the Barons wouldn't accept. Dick Rob- ertson was forced from the mound in the ninth with the bases choked Lanky Arthur Johnson relieved him and it was from his delivery that the winning runs were scored. Robertson, however, gets credit for losing the fray.
 Covington and Robertson were both wild and passes were numerous The Gulls were presented with run in the eighth that tied the score by Robertson. who walked two men in succession with first and second occupied. The Barons earned but one of their runs, the other result ing from wild throw to first by Coving- ton
 Eight safeties were gathered off Rob- bie's delivery. Three of these were in field bunts that were beat out. The Bar ons secured Il safetes, three being two basgers and three being nfieid bunts.
 The Barons took the lead in the first inning when pass and a two bagger produced the first marker Sloan was out on a fly to center. Magee worked Covington for a walk and advanced to second a moment later on Lindsay s fp Wa OiIf a first Dannie Clark doubled to deep right and Jimmie counted. Mickey Coyle sim gled past second and Dannie was out at the plate trying to score. It was the sixth before the Barons scored again.
 Gulls Score
 The Gulls for time found Robertson S delivery a puzzle with the sacks occu- pied. In the first they went out in or der. In the second Burke opened with a eingle to center. Perry bunted and beat 1t out, while Burke advanced to second on the play Flick bunted to Robertson and Burke was thrown out at third by fast fielding. Marty Calhoun lined a vicious drive toward left field, but Roy Ellam speared the pill with one hand and completed double play by throwing to Clark. The Gulls went out in order until the seventh. when they scored one run on two singles and a stolen base.
 With one down Northen hit slow roller down the first base line and beat it out Hub grew ambitious and tried to stea second feat that he was never known to perform before and was thrown out Hale to Clark. Burke singled to center and Immediately stole second when Hale made bad peg. Clayton Perry scored the Gull centerfielder with a clean single to center. Perry also stole second but died there, as Flick popped up to Ellam
 Tn the eighth the Guls tied the af. fair up. due to the generosity of Die. Robertson. Magee started the ball a-roll ing by dropping Calhoun's easy pop tr center. Charley Schmidt bunted and beat 1t out, nobody being able to field tht attempted sacrifice Covington hit g grounder to Robertson and Calhoun wa: forced at third. Holt Mcdowell hit g grounder to Dannie Clark and Covingto1 was forced at second. With two down, il appeared as though the Gulls wouldn't score, but Dick grew wild and passed Do. bard and Northen in succession forcins in the tieing run. Burke ended the inning with a grounder to Ellam and was out al first.
 In the ninth the Gulls won the game Perry was out, short to first Flick bea,