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


 Mobile, April 23.-(Special.) )-Mobile ano Birmingham divided the first double header of the 1916 Southern league sea son here today the Barons copping the first by score of 3 to and losing the second by the score of to ?. Ragged fielding marred both games.
 Burleigh Grimes was Manager Moles- worths choice in the first setto and he hurled consistent game, although he was touched for 10 hits. Tex Covington was on the mound for the Gulls and with the exception of the first inning made a good showing for his initial appear anee. Errors gave both sides a better opportunity to score, the Barons talk ing advantage more often than the Gulls. In the second game Fred Miller, one of Moley's recruit hurlers, took the mound and the heavy stick work of the Gulis played havoc with the score. Ar thur Johnson relieved him in the third inning and was also hit freely. The Bar ons however, were helpless against the slants of Jeff Holmquist, the star south paw of the Gulls, and the Gulls' lead was never threatened.
 The Barons took the lead in the first
  before Covington could get fully warmed up Caton opened with double to right and was sent to third on a neat sac rifice by Eddie Mcdonald. Danny Glars brought him home with a screaming triple to deep right. Whalen fumbled CarrolPs grounder and Danny rompeG across. The Barons won the game in the fifth Fred Derrick led off with d single. ORourke flew out, but Whalen 1a1 Derrick took third, scoring a moment later on Grimes nfeld out.
 GULLS THREATEN
 The Gulls threatened seriously in the fifth and sixth, scoring run in each session. A few safeties combined with q few errors counted run in both in- nings but Burleigh Grimes splitter re- tired the side when the situation be- came too dangerous The Gulls threat ened again in the eighth but failed to score, due to air-tight pitching.
 The Gulls hopped on Miller from the start and scored one run in the first In ming on a walk to Mcdowell, sacrl- flee and a hit. The Gulls got to Miller proper in the third inning, driving him from the mound and landing on Johnson rather hard. Two doubles and single in succession was enough to convince Moley that Miller wasn't right and he was yanked Johnson taking the mound. Mig Clarke hit the first ball offered him over the fence for home run, send ing in two runs ahead of him.
 The Barons scored their only two runs of the game in the second on McDon- aids walk, Carrolls single which went for three sacks when McDowell let it get by him, and the squeeze play With Lindsay bunting the ball.
 For further accounts of the scoring re- fer to the detail play:
 First game in deail:
 FIRST
 Birmingham-Caton, the first man up doubled to right and was sac rificed to third by Mcdonald. Clark put the ball up against the right field fence for triple, scoring Caton. Carroll grounded to Whalen, who fumbled the ball and Clark scored easily, Carroll going out on the play, Whalen to Swacina. Lindsay struck out. Two runs, two hits, one error.
 Mobile-McDowell fouled out to Smith, who made a pretty catch near the home players bench. Whalen beat the breeze three times. Burke went out from Lindsay to Derrick. No runs, hits or errors.
 SECOND
 mingham-Derrick flew out to Wilcox. O'Raurke drove a long fly to Burke. who got 1t after a run. Smith flied out to Whalen. No runs, no hits or errors
 Mobile-Swacina was an easy out from Grimes to Derrick. On the first pitched ball Schmidt claimed that Grimes tried to bean him and the um- pires stopped row. Schmidt singled to center Bromwich struck out and a double play followed when Schmidt tried to take second, Smith to Clark No runs. one hit. no errors.
 THIRD
 Birmingham-Grimes grounded out to Whalen, who made a nice play or the ball. Caton drove the ball tc