The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02

as loud. Just as lOnS anu Just es NSOP for Eddie Mcdonald.
 These two lads certainly won ball game for Birmingham yesterday ait ernoon. That is to say they were there at the crucial moments, for It would be going 8 trifle far to declare thev won the game. Derrick contrlp- uted materially with his three-pasger and it mattered not whit that ne was out at the plate trying to stretch it into a homer. It wasn't his fault anyway.
 But to get back to Carroll and Me Donald. Charlie stole home in the sixth with the run that eventually won the game for the Barons. Vt was a beautiful, brainy piece of work and was aided and abetted by the somno- lence of Eddie Lennox at third. lie allowed the boy to get so far off the bag that Davis was paralyzed when he discovered him almost at the plate. In fact the pitcher was so du1nbfounded by the daring act of the Baron that he stood with his mouth open several seconds before deciding to throw the ball.
 Eddie Mcdonald pulled the game out of the fire in the ninth when he nipped an Atlanta rally in the bud with his successful working of the hidden ball play. This time it was Thrasher and Munch who were nap ping Thrasher was the runner and inc lin nd it is safe to say that no man was more surprised than the elongated first baseman when Mcdonald turned up with the ball.
 Grimes was having his troubles in the ninth and things looked shaky for the Barons. Moran was first up and lifted high fly just back of second, which Danny Clark got under easily. It dribbled through his hands, how ever, and the first man was on base. Sammy Mayer flew out to Carroll, the gardener taking the ball off the fence. Thrasher singled through sec ond, but Mcdonald struck out. Lem nox, known as a wicked batter, doubled to deep center and Moran counted. Thrasher should have count ed, but Munch held him at third Then came the prize play of a game replete with all kinds of baseball.
 Bill Lindsay, Grimes and Mcdonald walked over toward short for con- sultation and then separated, Grimes off third. ''Yah,' he said to Grimes, there goes your old" He never finished his sentence, for at that psy- chological moment Eddie Mcdonald dived toward him, slammed the pellet between his shoulders and the side was out.
 Eddie finds himself unable to work this venerable stunt but once or twice in a season, but it never came at a better moment than yesterday after noon. The Cracker rally looked omi- nous and Perkins, the catcher, who spilled several perfectly good ball games for Moley in Atlanta, was up. It is probable that Si would have been walked, but he did not get chance at bat.
 You ought to have seen Charley Frank wigging his players Len nox caught it for letting Carroll get such a lead off third. Munch caught 1t for not warning Thrash CT of the hidden ball. Thrasher was told few things for not keeping his eye on the ball, while Davis was also tagged for allow ing Carroll to steal home. Chol- ly's charges were completely out guessed and all crossed up yes- terday afternoon. We couldn't see where they had any license to take four in Atlanta when they played here last Friday and still less was this true yesterday afternoon. Go ahead boys and make 1t a clean sweep of the three games to be played here.
 Everything went yesterday aft ernoon and it looked for a time as if there was to be another fisti- cuff on the field. Davis in the fourth inning grew wild and it seemed was trying to bean a Baron batsman. Red Smith was at bat and after taking the dirt to avoid the slants several times found himself unable to get out of the way. The ball hit his bat as he twisted away and fell for an easy out. Grimes too, had difficulty In evading the ball and Davis heard several un- complimentary things about his pllCIllnS. LII lH0 I1lCn IL HapreneQ that Davis was first man up and T'7- took a good healthy wind up and the ball flew straight at Davis, who fell over himself get ting out of the way. Dan Pfen- ninger, who was behind the bat, accused Grimes and deliberatly trying to bean Davis and warned him against doing 1t again Moles- worth came out to say that he had not warned Davis. who was more of an offender than Grimes. At lanta players immediately left the dugout and In few moments there was quite mob on the field Po- lice began to appear and Chief Egan, taking a leaf out of Will son's book, waved his men into the crowd and the ball players were separated before actual hostilities ensued
 It is hard to believe that a pitch CT would deliberately attempt to hit another man with a fast ball. but it certainly seemed that Da- wis was picking at the Barons, for Coombs was subjected to fire few moments later. whereupon he arose and told Davis what would happen if the contingency of his being struck by the ball. Davis took it all good naturedly and pleaded not guilty to charge, but he grew perceptibly less wild Coombs meanwhile tore off dou- ble.
 The first piece of boneheaded work was pulled yesterday that the Barons have been guilty of this season. That is real bone. but we won so what's the use. It was in the seventh and Mayer lifted low fly back of second. Danny Clark got under the ball on the run and Caton, too, came pounding in, try ing valiantly to make the play. Clark grabbed the ball. but Caton bumped into him just at this in