The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

Elmer Ponder din't pitch wonderful ball for the Barons. but he did show a great amount of effectiveness with the bases occupied But Elmers mound work was not up to his standard and his teammates realized this. Conse- quently with their aid Elmer pulled out of numerous holes when a Vol run seemed sure to tally.
 But that did not end the work of his teammates They got busy after the halfway mark of the game had been. passed and spotted Elmer to one-run lead. After the Vols had tied the count in the seventh another att tack was successful and a pair of : tallies were registered. One more was added in the eighth for good meas ure,
 It was Billy southworth and Red Smith who yielded their bludgeons most effectively against the offerings of the Vol recruit, Southy made four trips to the plate and on four occa- sions he slammed out safe hit. Red made three trips to the plate. He walked once and on his next two ap- pearances drove out a saft hit.
 RED BRINGS FEM IN
 Red and Bill formed a combination. Bill would get in a position to score and then Red would uphold his repu- tation as pinch hitter without peer and deliver safe drive. Red drove in three runs during the afternoon and Bill scored one of these. Doc Johnston happened to be occupying second every time that Bill was on third and he scored twice.
 The Vols took the lead in the fourth round. Tommy Sheehan opened with a clean swat to right. Dick Kaufman struck out on called strike. Dick protested but Dan Pfenninger evil dently had his ears plugged or he would have kindly requested Dick not to be so furious in expressing his opin- ion of the arbiters ability. After the disturbance had ceased Pete Knisely hit the first ball offered him to left field for two sacks and Sheehan scored from first. Kores lined to Webb and a double play followed, Webb to Ca ton.
 The Barons forged into the lead in the fifth. Southworth led off with 8 single to center and took second on a passed ball. Doc Johnston cracked 9 double to the right field wall but Southy stopped at third Southy was forced to hold second as it appeared as though Cavet would catch the ball. Kid Caton lifted a short fly to right and Southy scored. Doc took third. Red Smith singled sharply to center and Doc scored.
 VOLS TIE COUNT
 E1lams men tied the count in the seventh. Pete Knisely singled to left and Kores sacrificed him to second. O'Brien struck out but Marshall dou- bled down the first base line and Peter scored Cavet was out. Webb to John- ston. to end the round.
 The Barons came back in their half of the stanza and regained the lead Southy again started the fireworks with a single to left Doc Johnston hit sgrounder to Ellam and Southy beat Roy's throw 10 Sheehan. Doc was also safe at first Kid Caton sacrificed the runners a bag. Red Smith again delivered in the pinch. cracking clean single to left. scoring Southy and Johnston.
 SOUTHY HITS AGAIN
 In the eighth Lester Sheehan dou- bled to left and scored when Southy tripled to deep right field-his fourth hit.
 The Vols had runners on the paths in every round except the sixth and ninth. The Barons had a runner on the paths in every session except the first
 The victory gave the Barons three of the four games played. Ellam and his men fought hard for every game, but they lacked the punch to score the