The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09


 The Barons had their fighting piteh- CT, Slapu3cka, on the mound yesterday and his spirit became contagious. old slap" just naturally refused to weak en and the farther the game went the harder he worked The NooSans put over a tally in the first but Moleys hirelings came right back in the fifth and evened the count The locals forged in the lead in the sixth by scoring once but the Lookouts made it fifty-fifty by pushing one over in the seventh and in the next frame tai lied another, making the count to 1 in their favor. Things looked as dark as the left field bleachers for the Barons.
 DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN
 One run behind, the locals came to bat in the ninth, and the crowd was teasing" out toward the trolleys. Bern- sen struck out. Haworth grounded out It looked like it was all over but the shouting. Billy Southworth came up and with two strikes on him. laced out a single to center. Some DOQy IIt Just ptOlOlSlilS the agony and went home. Daniel Clark. who had played in hard luck all day, came up next. Danny hit long foul over the right field bleach ,ers. Lohman served up a couple of balls. Danny hit another foul back of the plate. Mike Finn was packing up his bats, ready to leave. Blooiel Dan ny took an awful swing and the fly ing horsehide sang like bird, as it AfF ;pfO I,tI T onl, running backward at full gait, made wild and frantic efforts to spear it. but without avail. Southworth scored the tying run and Danny stopped at second while the crowd yelled itself red in the face.
 Compared to Daniels clout in yes terdayS contest Dick Merriw s deeds are very undramatic.
 ENTER R. BERNSEN
 After the glorious ninth the game rocked along until the thirteenth with out much ado on either side. Phelan singled to center for the Noogans in the first half of this frame after two were out, but Haworth caught him try ing to steal. In the Baron's half after Duncan had gone out, Bernsen aroused the hopes of fandom by smaclling d clean two-bagger to right field. Ha- worth made it two out with his fly to right. Bernsen played off second a little too far and Enright threw wild to the bag trying to catch him, and Bernsen went to third. With South worth up, Enright took dead aim and put over couple of strikes and a pair of balls. Then, like a storm out of a clear sky. the visiting twirler cut loose with a fast one, ten feet over Higgins head and the crowd went wild.
 FIRST INNING
 Leach grounded out, third to first Graft hit safe to left field and stole second going to third on Harworth' wild peg. Flagstead then cracked out a safety, scoring Graff. Graham was given a pass to first. Phelan lifted fly to right and when Flagstead played off second Southworth caught him on the throw in.
 Mcdonald flied out to right. AL tenberg grounded out, second to first Duncan grounded out short to first.
 SECOND INNING
 Cueto hit roller to Slapnicka and die6 a first. Demoe walked and took sec ond on Higgins hit to left Lohmar grounded to Stark and a double play re- suited.
 Bernsen went out, Graf to Graham Haworth grounded out to short South worth hit safe to center and went steal ing.
 THIRD INNING
 Leach grounded out Clark to Bern sen. Graf fouIed out to Haworth Flag stead hit to deep left for three bags but was out at the plate trying tc stretch it into homer
 Clark almost knocked Lohmans glove off with his hit through the box He ont trxyip tn cfaa Jop 1lxa a,l