The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-24

Six out of seven isn't so bad and the Barons did better than anyone had a right to expect by winning all but one from the Gulls This gives the Barons percentage of 600. just 100 points better than the average.
 Miller, the young Missouri recruit, received his first try in the Southern league and lasted but three innings, being taken out in the fifth when the Mobile batters fell on him. Before the onrush of the Schmidtmen could be checked five runs had been pushed across and the game was gone.
 Miller was relieved by Johnson, with one man down in the third, after two runs had been scored. Johnny was unable to regain his sway over the Gulls and before two more men went down four more had been pushed across by a combination of hitting and errors. Johnson was relieved at the beginning of the fourth by Ponder, who did> not allow the Gulls a hit for the remaining three innings
 Mig Clarke, Charley Schmidt's an cient mate, certainly got sweet re- venge yesterday when he landed on one of Johnsons slants for a circuit clout. Two men were on the bases, too, and it was his hit that won the second game.
 Local fans will regret that Miller was not given an opportunity to show while the team was in Birmingham, as they were anxious to see Moley's second recruit pitcher work. Ponder looked pretty good and on his third appearance yesterday afternoon was still better. He made a miserable showing in New Orleans and perhaps Miller may do likewise. Both of the youngsters have plenty of stuff, but are inclined to make their offerings too good, giving the batters an op- portunity to kill the ball. They need seasoning in the wiles of the South ern league.
 Birmingham was outhit in both games yesterday, batting but four in the first while Mobile annexed 10 singles and registering six in the sec ond. The story of the loss of the second game is told in inability to hit the bail in the pinches. The Bar ons had Il left on bases, while Mobile pushed all their men around but two. In the first it was the reverse.
 a e1.fJl 6p winning of the initial battle. Caton aided considerably in the victory, as he laced the pellet for two bags the first time he faced Covington. Me Donald laid down a beautiful bunt and Caton went to third. He scored on Danny Clark's slashing triple to right field and Clark himself scored a moment later on Carroll's grounder to Whalens Whalen juggled the ball just long enough to give Danny life and was then forced to make the play at first, getting Carroll.
 Burleigh Grimes has the hardest kind of time putting a game over He was beaten out in a rally by the Pels on his appearance there and the Gulls threatened to do the same thing in the eighth yesterday. The bases were filled with one down by Swacinas eagerness to score on a short sacrifice fly spelled disaster and he was called out. This very prob ably cost the Gulls the battle for Grimes frightened up and retired the side, getting past the ninth success fully.
 A recrudescence of the feeling caused by the Robertson-Tennant go was seen yesterday afternoon in the second in- ming when Charley Schmidt, who was hogging the plate, was strengthened up with a fast one under his chin Charley was forced to hit the dirt and jumed up in a towering rage, accusing Grimes of trying to bean him. Charleys charge will hardly be taken seriously as it would be lit tie short of assault with Intent to murder for a pitcher to deliberately try to hit man. No one who knows Grimes will give it the slightest attenz ton. But it kicked up an awful rum pus on the field at any rate.
 Despite the fact that Whalen is playing a rattling good game at sec ond for the Gulls his error in the fifth yesterday was costly, as it al-