The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
Coombs Regains Batting Eye-BarOns Play Error less Ball and Chicks Are
 Easy For Locals
HOWARD MERRITT
 SUFFERS DEFEAT
Black Invincible In Pinches. Win Brings BarOns Within Half Game of Second
 Place-Vols Today
py HERBERT CALDWELL

Memphis, August 29.-(5pecial.) .)-The Chicks brought the Barons, including Carl Black, home to play with them In their back yard at Russewood play grounds this afternoon, and the Barons enjoyed the afternoon immensely. They left tonight, taking Carl Black and vic tory along with them. The Barons used the afternoon up playing baseball and won as they should have. Score, tol.
 Had not Manager Molesworth brought along MT. Black in the invited party, the Chicks might have spent more en- joyable afternoon. But Black came along and messed" up the party as far as any prospects of the Chicks shining up their pennant prospects was concerned.
 Better baseballing behind better pitch ing tells the story of the Barons vic- tory, which incidentally is no strange story of which there was a victory.
 It was a duel between two left armers- MT. Black, previously referred to as member of the Baronial horde, and How ard Merritt of the Tribe of Chicks. Black was more able to help himself when he needed assistance than the other left armer and therein lis the story of a pitchers duel in favor of MT. Left Arm Black.
 The eccentric south-sider had the Chicks looking about as funny at the bat as he was in the box. But eliminating the funny stuff, Black had enough in his stock of accessories in the form of puz- zlng pitching wares to sail through with a win.
 One of the Barons' runs was a present marked "to the Barons, with compliments of Howard Merritt and George Schei." The other pair of Baron markers were legitimate scores. and came in the good, old-fashioned way of hammering the hide.
 BarOns Start Scoring
 The Barons set the pace with one in the third, the present of Merritt and Schlei. Carroll singled to left for starter Ma gee grounded to Merritt and after look ing the audience over Merritt threw to second to head off Carroll, but when Allison headed off the throw to center Carroll was at third, and Magee was hay ing his ticket punched at the keystone station. With Lindsay at bat, Schlei made a. throw to catch Carroll off third and heaved to left field, allowing Carroll to score. Merritt then struck out Lind say and Sloan popped out to third.
 The Chicks made the count one all In the fourth, and 1t afterward resulted in 'one all," too. With one out, fleming way singled through short and on a flying start scored on double to right center by Lord. Here the Chicks had an excellent chance to do more scoring, but Black, after putting himself in a Bad hole. helped himself out. Schlei ground ed to Lindsay and while Lord was being run down between second and third Schlei reached second in safety.
 Black then voluntarily walked Cruthers and involuntarlly walked Eibel filling the stops. Mitchell was disposed of on a weak grounder to Lindsay, who heaved our shortstopper out at first.
 Chicks Waste Chances
 The Chicks had two other opportunities to score. but Black was the reason why they didn't. With one out in the sev- enth, Eibel beat out a bunt and stood on first and watched the next two Chicks perish. With two on bases and one out in the eighth. Black sent Manager Lord back for a drink of water and handled Schleis grounder himself for the third out
 Cecil Coombs took the end of his bat and united the knot in the seventh when he pried open the round by lifting one of Merritts butts" on the top shelf of Zeigland for a round trip. The next three Barons followed by going out as they went to bat.
 The Barons added one for good measure in the ninth, when they scored after two were out. Ellam looked over four wide ones and ambled to first. He then stole second and scored on single to left by Hale. Carl Black, the last Baron to go to bat. struck out for this third time and smiled. The Chicks sent three bat