The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-19

Memphis, September 1S-tSpecinl) The Birmingham Bnrons frightened their grip on second place by dcfeat- ing Memphis today, score to 3, but nt the same time saw what slight hopes they maintained for retaining their title ns Southern league champions vanish when New Orleans divided n double header with Little Rock and the victorious end of the double hill cinch- ing the 1915 pennnnt for the PeIicans by the margin of one game. The Bar ons and Pelicans each have six more games to play and should the Pelicnns lose all six nnd the Barons win six the Pclicans would be leading at the fin- fish by margin of s points.
 The Barons and the Chicks spread va- riety of baseball before the audience at Russwood. There were physical errors, errors of the mind and hard hits woven around poor pitching and good pitching.
 Key Perryman furnished the good pitching and the entrance into the fray of the long frame and strong right arm of Perryman had much to do with the victory of the Barons After the Chicks had chased Black in the fourth inning with . shower of hits producing three runs and giving the locals a lead of two scores. Perryman took the task out of Black B hands and wound up the fourth frame by striking Merritt out with a man on second base.
 Perryman Strong
 - Perryman allowed but two hits in the last five innings and two of these came in the fifth, when Memphis had three men on base and none out and were unable to turn out a score.
 After wobbling through seven innings the Barons delivered the knockout punch to Merritt in the eighth, when they sent him to the showers and won the game before Merritt had time to come back as q spectator. Merritt turned the job over to Theodore Gouliat with man on third and first and none out and a sacrifice fly and two singles gave the Barons three runs and the game.
 The Barons scored in the first inning without hit. Eibel dropped Cruthers' throw of Sloans grounder and Sloan was safe at first, Magee grounded out and there was no advance. Lindsay sent a high bounder to McDermott, who threw Lindsay out after a beautiful stop and throw, but Sloan counted on the demise. Clark struck out to end the session.
 There was no more scoring by either side until the Chicks lit on Black in the fourth and chased him from the game. Hemingway opened by beating a wicked bounder to Ellam. Lord moved fleming way up with a single and Schlei advanced both a base with a sacrifice. Cruthers was purposely passed by Black populat- ins every stop. Eibel crashed one through the box to center and Hemingway and Lord scored. Mitchell followed with q drive to center. scoring Cruthers, but Eibe', went out at the plate on the relay hy Magee Perryman then relieved Black and famed Merritt.
 It looked like Perryman was going te meet the same treatment as Black when Allison opened the fifth with 3 hit through Ellam's legs which ht failed to touch, Pete pulling up at sec ond. McDermott bunted in front of thS plate and Hale, after hesitating threw foo late to third to get Allison and Il Ia doubtful If he would have gotter McDermott at first. Hemingway hit 2 rrounder to Ellam and Ellam put the boots to it, filling the bases. Lore popped out to Ellam and then Per ryman sat down Schlei on strikes (sruthers went out on a weak lift te Ellam and the last chance the Chicks had to score had passed away.
 Barons Add Another
 Swinging with both arms free pro duced a Baron run in the fifth. Coombs fripled to right for an opened but Was held at third by McDermott, wht threw Coyle out on Srounder. Fl lam counted Coombs with q double te center but the next two Barons wen out.
 The Barons knotted the game in th aixth when Sloan started by beating