The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-28

Precedents were dealt mortal blow yesterday. afternoon when the Barons downed the Memphii in two scintillating battles, 2 to and to B. Woven in the nineteen innings were bits of sen sational fielding, clever pitching and unexpected feats of strategy But in administering a double defeat to Mem pbis, Birmingham crushed set prece- dents of the 1915 campaign. Howar Merritt, who has never before tasted the bitter dregs of defeat at the hands of the Barons. was humbled in the sec. ond game. The humiliation came after the battle had progressed into extra innings and another precedent was overtoppled. For inasnuch al Memphis had won three extra inning battles from the Barons, it was deemed almost im- possible to turn the feat.
 Each of the twin encounters evolved into pitchers battles. In the first game, Lmmet Key Perryman held Memphis to three scattered hits, while Jimmy Kee- Icy permitted the Barons to solve his offerings but four times. In the closiu 8 encounter Arthur Johnson yielded two hits until the ninth, when he suffered q lapse of effectiveness and seemingly had victory snatched from him by two vicious hits. Countering upon the Mem phii, the Barons deadlocked the score in the same round and then triumphod in the tenth inning, by virtue of Blu Lindsay's scorching triple to left field.
 Inside Stuff
 Both aggregations displayed an in- finite knowledge of inside baseball and by virtue of an expected turn in the first game, Birmingham gained the dc. oision. After Jimmy Keeley had blanke the Barons for seven consecutive in nings on three scattered hits, Carroll opened the eighth with bunt down the first base line and gained the umpire's decision by slide into the bag. Magee, after an unsuccessful attempt sacri- feed him to second with a bunt to Kee- ley. Lindsay drove a fast grounder through Keeley but Mitchell intercepted it. The little shortstop juggled it mo- mentarily and then threw to first too late to preeede Lindsay's flight.
 Resurrecting a tactic that endowed Birmingham with a pennant in 190i Manager Molesworth ordered Sloan to squeeze Carroll over the platter The intrigue worked to perfection for, as Carroll sped toward the plate, Sloan dumped a bunt to Eibel. Eibel essayed catching Carroll at home, but Carroll cvaded Schlei's thrust at him and scored the deciding run. Birmingham frightened it's hold on the first battle on the following play: Coyle ground cd to Cruthers. who forced Sloan with a prompt peg to Mitchell. The shortstop ventured doubling Coyle at first, but his venturesome proved costly as the throw was low and sped past Eibcl While he was retrieving it, Lindsay scored with ease.
 Perryman Is There
 In the ninth inning, Perryman downed McDermott, Baldwin and Hem ingway in order and the battle closed, Birmingham ?, Memphis O. Perryman pitched himself out of several trying situations with ease. The three hits he yielded came in three different in- nings. In the first Baldwin doubled while Mitchell hit a Texas leaguer to left in the sixth. Cruthers doubled in the eighth. In five innings the lanky Baron downed the Memphi in order
 The second game was a battle of un- expected ups and downs. With Johnson opposing Dave Roth, the contest pro- eressed barren of event until the fourth inning, when Johnsons lapse of control endowed Memphis with one run. After retiring the Memphii for three innings without permitting a runner to reach first, Johnson hit McDermott solidly in the back with curve. Baldwin sacrificed him to second with a bunt to Johnson Hemingway obstructed the course of an- other of Johnson's twisters and was awarded first base. Lord drove out liner