The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

pail game. BeIoro departing ldSL night, Moley placed Cecil Coombs on the ineligible list for 15 more days, and the Barons lineup today will bs the same as it was in the second game yesterday.
 Boss Moley examined Cecils lame leg and found it still in no condition to stand the playing that Cecil wants it too. If Cecil wasn't one of these heavy hitters and didn't get on tho hassocks so often, he wouldn't wear his leg out so early in the season. Cecil is the best hitter on the Baron team, and his absence from the line up can certainly be felt.
 Moley is certainly anxious for win today. He will send Burleigh Grimes to the hill to face the Chicks The Barons will have to swing their bats against the benders of Southpaw How ard Merritt, who heretofore has been unusually effective against the Barons. But that won't go against us in to- days game. Who would have ever thought that Moley's hitters would 0IlV6 Olu Dlll INOpOILSOll tO tiiC ohOV CTS? Well, we might treat old Howard the same way today.
 Just to show you how complicating the situation at Redwood, in regard to our ball team is, compare the style of ball that the two teams played yesterday in the first and second games. In the first game, the Chicks with a good pitcher on the mound, who was holding the Barons helpless, looked like world peaters, and it was the general opinion that the Barons would drop a double bill. The Barons went in the second game, and behind good pitching. made the Chicks look like a prize bunch of hams.
 That little instance just goes to show how compucating the situation really is. The fans yell: Whats the matter with the Barons?' and yet mo- body can solve the question. If the entire pitching staff would get going right, the Barons would be sailing toward the top. For little while, Perryman was the only Baron finger that showed any signs of effective ness and Dick Robertson was pounded on every appearance on the mound. Now it's the exact opposite. Perry cant win for losing and Robbie is pitching good ball, registering three consecutive wins.
 The Barons have a dangerous bunch of hitters and they make the stay of any pitcher on the mound warm. The only trouble with the bunch Is they still lack the fight that they ought to show More hits would have been collected off the delivery of Cy Bar ger if the Chicks hadn't taken such a big lead, but with a four-run lead it looked like a mountain to the Bar ons. They took the lead in the sec ond game and played a great game throughout.
 Cy had the Barons' Angora until the eighth inning. when he eased down. Only 21 men, three an inning, had faced the former Federal leaguer during the first seven sessions of the game. In the eighth, Tex Mcdonald walked and Danny Clark singled but the next three batters went out In the ninth Eschen singled but was left on first. Cy pitched swell game and although he didn't strike out so many, he made them hit for easy outs.
 This fellow Chadbourne who plays center field for the Chicks is about the best fly gatherer that has made his appearance on the old field for several years. Chad goes all over the outer gardens, and makes some of the niftiest catches and stops that the fans in this section of the country seldom have the opportunity to see. In the first game in the third inning he rambled back to the flag pole and took '-Red' Smiths long, drive run ming backward. Red" had passed second when he caught it. and was about the most surprised person in the world. It robbed him of a home run.
 Eddie Mcdonald hit into two double plays in the first game. In the first, Caton was hit and Eddie hit into a double out. In the third, the Kid sim gled and Eddie repeated. Eddie had a poor day yesterday, and it gave the rabid fans their hearts desire to ride him. Eddie didn't crack under the strain, however, and in the second contest had the fans leaning toward him.
 A bib fight in the negro bleachers happened in the sixth inning of the first game. One big, black negro began to yell at Eddie and fol- lowers of the veteran sitting be- nlnd nlm were QUICK 10 bounce on him. One negro hit him on the head with a pop bottle, crushing his straw lid, while another pair used their fists. Attention from the game was stopped for a few min utes when finally the trio of fight CTS were escorted from the park and departed for the city to pay call to fellow countrymen at the city bastile.
 The Chicks had their fun in the first game and the Barons came back and had their afternoons pleasure in the second setto. Emil Meusel celebrated his return to the battle by slashing out home run in the sixth inning. Emil landed against one of Monty Prieste's fast ones and sent it to the flag pole. He made the circuit easily. Kid Caton was on second and counted with the Baron gardner. It was the first home run secured by the Bar on batters since Wednesday, when Tex Mcdonald lifted one over the fence in right field.
 Jack Wallace appears to be about all in. Jack has lost his batting eye and didn't connect on one squarely during the present series, which his teammates took. His begging Is also cratic and 1t is rumored that the former Baron will soon find other company. His i'm jured leg is giving him great deal of trouble and proving a big handicap to his efficiency.