The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-13


 In poorly played game, featured by the heavy hitting of both teams, Little Rock won the opening game of tine series with Birmingham yesterday afternoon at Redwood Field in an Thinning contest, the final count being to '. The game was played slowly. Darkness would have ended the fray in another session had not the Travellers added a duo in the elev- enth session on a couple of hits a walk and a couple of errors
 The Travellers set the pace throughout after staging an uphill fight. Burleigh Grimes was on the mound for the Barons and after a poor start, held the Travellers safe until the eleventh, when the winning talles were showed across. Hoff, the Federal leaguer, started for Pilot Char lie Starr but was relieved in the fifth after the Barons had counted three runs. Bob Couchman then took up the mound duties and with the exception of the eighth inning when three runs were scored, pitched a consistent game.
 The Travellers jumped into the lead in the opening stanza. Manning led off with q single through short. Wares went out sending Manning to second. Walker beat out an infield hit and Rumler cleared the sacks with circuit clout to deep left. A fourth run was added in the third on Rumlers double and Gibsons single.
 The Travellers added another in the fourth on Lindsays error, Barbare's steal of second and Tex Covington's sin gle. Wares single, a couple of infield outs and Gibson's single added another counter in the fifth, while Covingtons S
 
 added the seventh Traveller run The game was won in the eleventh, when kir- by led off with single to center. Bar bare followed with single to left Gov. ington lined out to left and Couchman struck out, but Manning gained life on Lindsay's error, filling the bases Wares walked. forcing across Kirby Mcdonald fumbed Walkers grounder and Barbare Nscored.
 BARONS BEGIN TO SCORE
 The Barons' first run came in the sec ond inning. Lindsay singled and was worked around to third, when he scored on an infield out. The Barons added three in the fifth inning. Mcdonald singled to left. Derrick popped out but Meusel singled to left and both runners ad- vanced bag when Walkers return to the infield was wild. Clark walked, fill- ing the bases. Bill Lindsay singled to T1Snt ana McDonald ana MeuSel scored with Clark taking third. Danny scored on Wares error of Caton's grounder.
 The Barons remained scoreless until the eighth. when they tied the game up. Hauser walked Grimes struck out and Mcdonald popped out, but Derrick singled to center. Meusel tripled to deep right, scoring Hauser and Derrick Clark sim gled to left and Meusel scored
 When Walker appeared at the bat in the first inning, he was presented with a gold watch fob by the citizens of Wy. lam, where he is resident during the winter months.
 The Travellers and the Barons fielded poorly, both committing pebbles that aided materially in the scoring. The Barons got runners on the sacks in every inning, but the necessary punch was al ways missing. Hoff pitched fine ball until the fifth, when "Gibby' Gibson sent out the distress signal after Bill Lindsay had cracked one to right tha. counted a couple of runners
 Little Rock: Manning singled through third. Wares out. second to first. Walk CT hit to third and beat it out. Rumler hit to left field bleachers for a home run. scoring Manning and Walker ahead of him. Gibson struck out. Kirby lined to Carroll. Three runs. three hits, no er- TOTS.
 Birmingham-Mc Mcdonald safe on Man