The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

After having the game interrupted by rain for 25 minutes, the BarOns played another excellent game and won the final battle of the series with the Little Rock Travellers yesterday after noon nt Redwood Field by the score of to 2. Rain fell throughout the ma- jority of the contest and dampened the interest considerably.
 Burleigh Grimes was sent back into eIers at his mercy with the exception of the first inning. when two runs were scored on three clean hits. There after Burleigh was complete master of the situation and kept the opposing blows we'll scattered. Aside from twirI- ing good ball, Burleigh started tho run.
 Omar Hardgrove, the former Baron, was pitted against the Moley clan, and with fast fielding on his part might have shut off the Baron tallies that won the game in the seventh inning. Hardy pitched fairly consistent game, but grew weaker as the game progressed, while Grimes increased in effectiveness. The Travellers only runs came in the initial session. Tex Covington opened with a clean single to left. Wares singled to right and took second when the throw to catch Tex at third was late. Grimes knocked Jacobson's drive down and re- tired from at first without a score. Ed die Manning rocked the right field fence with a triple that scored Covington and Wares.
 The Barons drew first blood in the third inning. With one down, Grimes singled to left and took second on a passed ball. Eschen flied to right. Kid Caton singled to right and the Baron finger scored. Rain then stopped the play for 25 minutes. On resuming, Eddie McDon- aid flied to center for the third out after Caton had stole second. The next Baron tally came in the fourth inning when Tex Mcdonald drove the pellet over the right field fence for home run.
 BARONS WIN GAME
 The Barons won the game in the seventh. Fred Derrick started the fire works by bunting down the first base line and beating it out. Red Smith singled cleanly to left. Grimes sacrificed Starr to Wares. Jimmy Eschen laid down a perfect bunt on the squeeze play ano Derrick counted. Eschen beat the bun' out and Red scored on Covingtons CT TOT of Hardgroves throw to catch Eschen The Barons had but few other chances to score. In the sixth, Jacobson's run ming catch of Danny Clarks liner witf two men on base and two down saved couple of runs. The Travellers had { good chance to score in the eighth in ming with bases full and two down Charlie Starr's best was an infield out forcing Jacobson at the plate.
 In the eighth inning after Kirby hat struck out and went to the bench, Um pire Stradford ordered Hoff, Couchman Powell, Allison and Rumler to the club house for unnecessary talking. The en tire Traveller delegation found fault witt the umpires decisions throughout tn, game. The game was one of the slowes of the year.
 FIRST
 Little Rocll-Covington singled to left Wares singled to right and Covingtol took third Wares took second on tn throw to third. Jacobson out, pitcher t first. Manning tripled to right center Covington and Wares scoring. Kirby hi to Mcdonald and Manning was caugh at the plate. Barbare forced Kirby a second. Two runs, three hits, no CT TOTS.
 Birmingham-Eschen out, Covington t. Hardgrove. Caton popped to Wares. E, Mcdonald struck out. No runs, no hits no errors.
 SECOND
 Little Rock-Starr out, short to first Gibson struck out. Hardgrove out, sec