The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
SPORTS
DISASTROUS START FOR BARONS GIVES
 INDIANS FIRST TILT
Carmen Hill Gets Bad Start and Indians Score Four Taes Webb Hits Hard-Morton Pitches Wel-Speaker Is
 Great Player-Another Game Today
By FRED BoDEkER


 \ disastrous first session, during
 which the Cleveland Indians scored
 four runs. accounts for the defeat
 of the Barons at the hands of
 the major Ieaguers yesterday aft
 ernoon at Redwood in the first
 contest of twO-game series. The
 final count was to 2.
 After the initiaI session the con
 flict settled down to a real game.
 Each team scored two runs in the
 remaining rounds. but the handi-
 cap of Lee FohI,s major Ieaguers
 was sufficient to force MoIey's
 crew down in defeat.
 Carmen Hill the bespeckled hurler of the Barons started the hurling duties for Moley. The failure to field his position well is the real reason why the Indians counted four times. Hill was succeeded in the eighth frame by Bob Loveess, a local amateur product, who made a splendid showing.
 Guy Morton, an Alabama product and one of the best pitchers in the Ameri- can league. was on the hill for the In- ssians He evidently didn't exert himself, ss the Barons tapped his delivery freely throughout his stay on the mound. He was succeeded by Joe Lambeth in the seventh session, who was also hit hard.
 BARONS GET THREE HITS
 Despite the fact that the Barons hit the ball on the nose on almost every trip to the plate, they garnered but three hits off the combined work of Morton and Lambeth. Two of the Baron hits, in fact all they secured off Morton. came in the second inning after two men were down. The lone bingle off Lambeth dur ing his three innings stay on the flinging slab came in the eighth and produced tally.
 The Indians scored four counters in the first with only one clean wallop. Graney worked Hill for a walk as an opener. Chapman bunted down the first base line and beat Hill's throw to first Iris Speaker dropped a bunt down the third base line and easily beat the ball to first. Hill fielded his position awfully slow.
 With the bases choked, Hill struck Roth out. Wambsganns, who is called Wamby for convenience, smacked a bingle to left and Graney and Chapman scored. Speaker took second. Hill threw to second to catch Speaker neither Caton or Jansen covered the bag, both apparently missing the sign. The ball went to center field and Speaker scored by bit of sensa- tional base running and pretty fade away slide into the plate. Wamby took second on the play. Kavanaugh walked. The double steal was worked, Wamby taking third and Kavanaugh advancing to second. Wamby scored on Terry Turner's infield out Billings ended the inning with popup to Haworth.
 BARONS COUNT 2 The Barons scored one in the second. With two men gone, young Bill Webb tripled to deep center. He had his left hand slightly hurt sliding into third and Ponder ran for him. Ray Jansen fol- lowed with drive to left center for two bags. Ponder scored.
 The Indians went scoreless until the sixth. Roth opened with clean single to right. Wamby sacrificed Roth to sec ond. Kavanaugh doubled to center and Roth scored
 frame the seventh. Guy Morton was safe when Doc Johnston let his easy roller get by. Graney struck out. Chapman went out, Jansen to Johnston, but Morton took second. Speaker hit an easy roller to Hill and he booted it. Morton advancing to third. The double steal was started. Ha- worth threw to second to catch Speaker and Morton scored Speaker, however, was put out in the chase which fol- lowed
 DOC JOHNSTON DELIVERS
 That ended the scoring for the Indians but the Barons made one in the eighth