The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
The jinx is shaken.

The jinx is shaken.
 The gobs of hard luck that have been on the trail of the lowly Barons for the past month and especially the past week failed to make appear ance at Redwood Field yesterday aft ernoon and consequently the Barons walked off with the second game Of the series with the Little Rock Trav- elers.
 The Barons played the game as 1t should be played. They fielded the ball faultlessly and slammed the pill all over the lot. The best part of the whole thing was to see the Baron pat ters hit the ball with the bases oc- cupied, one of the failures that cost the Barons game after game this sea- son. The good showing of the Barons yesterday can by no means be taken as positive proof that Moley has fi- nally whipped together a formidable machine.
 The Barons have played as good previously as they did yesterday. The brand of ball that the Moley clan offered was far the best seen at Redwood for the present home stay on the part of the Barons. The rag ged fielding and other disadvantages in the Baron machine were all miss ing and instead of numerous cogs showing to discourage the fans, ev- erything worked off nicely and the team made a splendid hit before the large ladies' day crowd.
 The fact that a new player appeared in the lineup can not be given the honor of reviving the Barons. Tex Mcdonald, the former Cracker, sup planted Bill Lindsay in right field for the Barons and played nice game although he had hard luck on his hits or rather turns at the bat. Tex drove one down the foul line in the first in ming that he thought fair, but Um- pire Stradford called it foul. Tex raised an awful howl, but it appeared that the ''umps" was c. o. in his de- cision.
 In speaking of Umpire Stradford, the local product, made his first ap- pearance behind the plate this season in the Southern league games. Harry worked well, and aside from his de- csion in the first inning on McDon- aids drive, pleased both sides. If President Baugh is to make a change in the umpiring staff, it is the wish of 8 large number of Birmingham fans that Harry receive the call. His work yesterday made a good impression as to his ability, and it is believed that he would make the Southern league a valuable man.
 Bill Lindsay, the discarded Baron, appeared as an umpire yesterday. Jack Kerin, who has been umpiring in Bir- mingham since last Thursday, suf- fered from an attack of appendicitis Monday night and it is feared that an operation will be necessary. Birming- ham is proving the hard-luck town for umpires this season. Bulldog Will Hams, the suspended arbiter, is con- fined to his room with ptonlaine poison. Bill will probably work again today as Kerin will not be ready for duty for the next few days
 Manager Charlie Starr of the Trav- elers announced yesterday afternoon that Pitcher Jeff Holmquist had been purchased outright from the Mobile club and will report immediately. Starr is expecting Holmquist to ar rive today. The Traveller manager will have to release one of the pres ent members of his flinging corps to make room for the southpaw. He re- fused to make the name of the doomed twirler public last night and stated that his name would not be announced until Holmquist had reported
 HolmQuist will make Little Rock a valuable man. He joined the Gulls last season and had good year de- spite the fact that he had poor team behind him. He started the sea- son off poorly this year, but got go- ing about a month ago and pitched swell ball. Recently a big fuss be- tween Jeff and Manager Charley Schmidt resulted in his sale. Jeff re- fused to leave the mound in the mid dle of game at Mobile recently and when he did leave carried the ball to the clubhouse with him. Schmidt sus- pended him and hence the sale.
 But back to the Baron cause. They played such nice brand of ball yes- terday that we can't get over the fact. The team was chucked full of fight and consequently set the pace through out the engagement. The playing of the Barons yesterday shows they are