The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-17

Mobile, August .)-Mo' bile and Birmingham played . double header here this afternoon undel strenuous circumstances. The first game went II innings and required houri and 70 minutes to play 1t. being stopped three times on account ol showers and the second contest, whicf was . seven-inninx affair, lasted ex- actIy 1 hour and 40 minutes, the last man going out at $40 o'clock while electric lights were lighting up the park.
 The Barons lost the first through the errors of Robertson and Coyle and tho hitting of Mobile. It was weired ar fair and was finally won by Mobile by the score of to 3, when Robertson gave up three hits in the eleventh, two of which were scratches. In the second game Key Perryman had the best of Holmquist, being stronger In the Ipinches. The Barons won the last af- fair by some terrific hitting by Coombs and Ellam, their long flies being lost in the dark. In the first game Mobile scored two runs in the third inning on a walk to Burke, who went to third on Robertson's wild heave of Calhoun throw, the latter taking second on the play. Both men scored when Gayle dropped the throw of Dobards ground CT near third base, the heave being made by Robertson. Birmingham tied the score in the fourth on two bases CT balls, a hit by Magee and Dobard' s error of Hales grounder, the bags be- ing all occupied at the time and the runners on the wing when the ball was hit as there were two out. In fact Lindsay was across the plate when Hale hit the ball.
 In the fourth singles by Sloan and Clark and a sacrifice fly by Cecil Coombs gave the Barons one-run lead which didn't hold very long as the locals tied up this contest in the next on Hogg's double and an infield out ard Miller's freak single, which bounded over Robertson's head. Neither side was able to score after this until the elev- tnth inning.
 Support Saves Hogg
 Great support saved Hogg in several instances. Mobile won the game in the eleventh with two down. Calhoun grounded to Clark, who slipped up and threw late. Calhoun stole second and went to third when Dobard beat out 4 hit to Robertson. Baumgardner then came through with corking single past Ellam and Calhoun scored.
 .e Mobile, in the second game was also first to get a run over. This time in the third. Neiderkorn singled to center and went to second on a passed ball. Holm- ouist hit to Perryman and Neiderkorn was forced at third. Northen hit to Ferryman and Holmquist went out at second. Northen stole second when the peg was bad and scored on Millers < Texas leager back of short, by some good sprinting. This was all there Was to Mobiles scoring, although they used two pinch hitters in the seventh inning Birmingham won the game in the seF enth. Coombs, first up, hit a long drive to the left field fence for double. On Lindsays sacrifice from the pitcher to first Coombs went to third. Magee came through with single to left and Coombs scored. Ellam hit terrihc ball to left center that went for two bags and Magee scored all the way from first. The game was sensational at times, three fast double plays figur- ing in the contest. In the eighth inning of the first game Coombs was hit in the stomach by a batted ball as he waa running from second to third and was cut for several seconds.
 Hogg, in the first game. gets credit for a freak hit, the ball hitting Umpil Ffenninger.
 Johnston will work for Birmingham in the final game of the Mobile series tomorrow and Karr or Covington VII work for the Gulls.