The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-19

me COullC naQ D6Sn ] ana , lTOiIl the sixth inning and the battle had been beautifully fought by the op- posing hurlers and their supports. With the bases loaded i'll that sixth extra inning Pat Duncan rolled a grounder up the first base line.
 Robinson took the ball, but hit Pat in the back as he raced for first base. Ce- ,cil Coombs and Lester Sheehan scored before Covington could recover the ball comstock whaled a single to right to score another run and make the vic tory secure.
 Ralph, who had been showing signs of yielding to the terrible strain as the game advanced, slowed up enough in the Travellers half of the fifteenth to all low the RazorbacEs to score one run, but he quickly settled down and pulled out without any damage of consequence hay ing been done him.
 COMMY'S WORK GREAT
 Comstock pitched 15 innings of beau tiful ball. His mates put up some loose play behind him in the first three in- nings, but they recovered what they had lost and Ralph never faltered thereafter. It was his game after the sixth inning in which the Barons scored two runs to tie the count
 Emilio Palmero, the Cuban, started the battle against Comstock, but after Il in- nings yielded his place to Robinson. The Barons could do nothing with the Tray elers star southpaw until the fifteenth +l,.,, ,t&l. a single to center Caton sacrificed him. Johnston was hit in the stomach and went to first
 Sheehan forced Doc at second, but Cccmbs took third. Smith was pur- posedly walked filling the bases. Dun can rolled one up the first base line. Rob- iison piunked Pat in the back with the ball and Coombs and Sheehan crossed the plate before Covington made the re- covery. Comstock then singled to right and smith scored. Mcdonald forced Ralph at second for the third out.
 BARONS TIE COUNT
 The sixth also was big inning for the Barons. When it opened they were two runs in the rear; when it closed they had the count tied Sheehan started the acts with a single to right. Smith fol- lowed with single to left. Duncan drove single to center and Sheehan scored. Palmero booted Comstocks s roller and the bases were filled McDon- aid hit a short fly to Walsh, too close in for smith to risk an attempt to score. Webb shot a single by third and Smith scored. Coonbs rolled to Kennedy and Duncan was forced at the plate. Chap man threw to Covington for a double play.
 The Barons' first run came in the sec ond inning. Caton walked and took sec- ond on a passed ball. Johnston famed. Cato moved to third on Sheehan's out, and Smith scored him with a single to center.
 The Birmingham boys had no further luck with Palmero and Robinson after the sixth inning, getting but one hit from the sixth to the fifteenth but the club played brilliant defensive ball be- hind good pitching
 TRAVELLERS GET LEAD
 base on balls to Wares, an out and Manning's single gave the Travellers one in the first. Comstock hit Walsh to start the second Kennedy sacrificed and Chapman scored him with a hit Singles by Covington and Manning, and Coombs' wild heave to third gave the Travellers one more in the third.
 That was all they could do with Com stock until after the Barons had put the game away in the fifteenth. In the latter half of the final round, the Tray elers got one when Baker was hit was advanced by Wares single, took third after Duncan had caught Covngton's fly and scored on Manning's sacrifice fly to Coombs.
 The second game of the scheduled dou- ble header was called off since the first game was not over until $50 o'clock
 The day was observed here as Kennedy Day in honor of Ray Kennedy, who played his last game before going home to Pittsburg to report for army serv- ice. Members of the club presented Ray with diamond pin and the fans kicked in ruit a nf S5S