The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
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Double BiH Is Diuided and Series Goes To Moley's Men
Carmen Hill Holds Crackers Safe in First Game While Romp-Karl Black Hit Timely in Second Fray-An
 Kinds of Baseball Offered in Two Games

Atlanta, June 27.-(Specialo
 The Barons won the odd game in
 the series from the Crackers by
 dividing today's double bill.
 MoIey's men won the first game 8 to and dropped the second
 to 2. It required over three hours
 and a half of all kinds and char
 acter of ball playing to get the
 two games.
 Carman Hill and Otto Hess staged a hot pitchers battle in the first game for six innings, Hill allowing but two hits and Hess but three up until that time. In the seventh after one man was retired the Barons unloosed their heavy artil- lery, busting loose seven straight hits for six runs. These, coupled with the two they scored in the opener, gave them a 9-to-2 victory.
 Specs Hill allowed but three hits until the ninth inning, when his big lead and the way his mates played served him in good stead. Playing deeper than is usual, Coombs kept what would usually have been homer to a single, while d drive under other conditions an easy triple AS it was the Crackers scored two runs.
 ELLIS AND CLARK STAR
 Ellis and Clark were the offensive stars for the Barons, and Bridwel for the Crackers The Baronial defense was hard to penetrate. especially in the pinches.
 The Barons got off to a two-run lead Johnston grounded to C. Mcdonald, who fumbled. After E. Mcdonald flew out Doc stole Coombs walked. Clark sin gled, scoring Johnston and sending Coornbs to third. Cecil scored oi Ellis sacrifice fly.
 The Barons tallied six in the seventh. With one gone Johnston beat out punt .o short Eddie Mcdonald singled, send ,ng Doc to third and taking second on the throw to third. Coombs hit slow one down the third base line, which he heat out. Johnston scoring and Mcdonald going to third Clark singled, scoring aIcDonald Ellis tripled, scoring Coombs nd Clark Webb singled, scoring Ellis, ossnwss ss >thpown out trying to go to sec Aydl ,nith flied out ending the inning.
 In the ninth Coombs walked, Clark sac -fficed Ellis beat out hit to short, oud when Picinich threw wild Coombs ,cored.
 CRACKERS SCORE
 Picinich opened the Crackers ninth ,.ith a single Thrasher singled. Moran rouled out Bridwell walked. Mayer it long drive to deep left, which toombs nearly caught, the longest single y,n record Ordinarily this would have ,,een a homer, but the base runners held their bases and then only Picinich scored. Ndunch hit a long drive to the score ,4aard which Ellis made a nice catch of, Thrasher scoring.
 { Extra base hitting, punched with Blacks wildness and some timely singles save the Crackers the second game, O 2 Tom Sheehan, who finished the irst game held the Barons to one scratch s6lit until the seventh inning, when an ,rror by Picinich gave the visitors one ally and a couple of hits produced an Ether.
 great running catch by Ellis and me-handed stab by Johnston kept the core down. Both teams fielded bril- antly and clearly until "Bick's' error in he seventh McDonald's hitting featured ' lie Crackers offensive, with three hits, < ne a triple.
 STEPHAN USES WILLOW
 Tom Sheehan showed his big bat into ,e fray in the fifth inning. his triple reducing what really were the deciding lns in the light of the Barons' belated ally. c. Mcdonald opened the Crackers ,urth with a triple, Picinich and x hrasher walked, and Tex scored on -orans' sacrifice fly, Black pitching out N tta bad hole without any further runs. Tn the Crackers fifth, Munch beat out q sl,..u roller to second Perkins sacri- feed. Sheehan tripled over Ellis, head, scoring Munch. Mcdonald singled, SCOT s ing Sheehan.
 Moran opened the Crackers sixth With a single Bridwell sacrificed and Mayer Y doubled. scoring Moran. VI In the Barons' seventh, with one gone, Coombs singled, advanced to second on AClark's out, and scored when Picinich threw Ellis roller low to first Webb doubled. sending Ellis to third. Caton beat out a hit to short, scoring Ellis The other two were easy outs.