The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-28
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED suDEi<Eh

Another perfectly good ball game has been played. and, needless to say, we lost. There wasn't any hard luck attached to the defeat yesterday, for when home runs are planted out Of the lot there is only one thing to ac- count for the swamping. A good bat ter faced a punk pitcher and then good-by ball game.
 Tex Mcdonald, one of the mainstays of the Baron team, was struck in the head with a pitched ball in yester- days game and, although it is thought that he was not seriously hurt, the outcome of a blow from swift ball is never decided until at least a week or 10 days has passed. It may not appear at the present that Tex was hurt, and it is most sincerely hoped that the blow will have no bad ef- fleets, but complications may develop later.
 The case of Johnny Dodge, who was killed recently, is a good example. Dodge was struck in the head and retired from the game. He went to the clubhouse and took a shower, dressed, and was preparing to leave for town before he was rendered un- conscious by the effects from the blow. Whether Tex was hit in a vital spot is not known. Kid Caton was hit in the head by a pitched ball at Rick wood during a series recently, but the blow did not force the runt to leave the game, as was the case in Memphis yesterday.
 Cy Barger hurled for the Chicks yesterday and had the Barons eat ing out of the palm of his hand dur ing the entire engagement The Barons showed no tendency to repeat their performance of Sunday in slug ging the pill all over the lot and were consequently easily defeated by the crippled Moriarty clan. Karl Black started the fracas for the Barons, but Karl didn't last but five innings. During this time the. Chicks piled up a four-run lead and the Barons /battled away for the remainder of the game in vain to overcome the lead.
 It was the same old story The pitcher has a good day, then and on his next trip to the hill, is forced to accept defeat. This trouble-lack of consistency-has been the chief cause of the Baron failure throughout the sea ason. Last week against Nashville Black pitched a splendid game, after getting a bad bump in Birmingham before departing on the road trip and now he comes across with the same bump, only tiny bit harder
 The final game of the series is today. Preacher Perryman or Dick Robert son, probably the former, will hurl for the Barons, while Howard Merritt or Monty Trieste will face the Moleys. Following the game today, the locals will load on ferry cross the Mis- sissippi, and travel on the Little Rock when the final series of the home series is begun. The Barons return home on July to face the Nashville Vols.
 The Barons are in fifth place this morning by only a half a game. A defeat today will mean that we slid down a notch or two in the standing. Only two games separate the Barons from the lowest position in the ladder. And just think, we're only 16 games behind the leading Pelicans,
 Blinky Horn in the Nashville Ten nessean has the following comment to make on Harold Juul, the new Gull finger, who worked against the Vols recently: Harold Juul, the new right-hander uncovered by the Gulls, in the flag end fthe first tussle with the Vols, displayed a side-arm fast ball that had the Ellamites completely bumfuzzled when he could get it over the platter. The greatest trouble with the newcomer was an unfamiliarity with the rubber
 "Juul who is brother of Herbert