The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-14

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 It was along about half-past dusk that the Barons won the battle and sent the multitudes away happy, even though the spectre of cold dinner and an alibi to the wife confronted them. In that star studded fourteenth, after the game had been deadlocked since the eleventh in- ming, Thomas Taylor stepped to the plate and his lead card wass a single, his fourth hit of the day. Crol forced his co-worker at second, but went safe on felder's choice, and Johnny Gooch hammered out a wallop that advanced Croll to second At this twilight stage of the game, Moley pulled Whtehill and sent Pug Allen in to pinch hit. Pug's effort was a line drive double to the freckle factory in left. and Croll saun- tered home with the winning run of the game.
 A THRILLER.
 It would take the fountains of phrase ology working two shifts throughout couple of eternities to thoroughly de- scribe the masterpiece of baseball served 1 at Redwood in that opener Wednesday. II have no doubt that there were gross eof apoplexy victims in the stands, but the casualty list will never be known in 1this instance as it might give the re- formers grounds to work on. High blood pressure addicts sensed the danger in the early inning and beat it from the lpark a precautionary measure of boy cotting the Tombstone Makers union.
 DESERVED TO WIN
 | All precedents of opening day games at Redwood were smashed and for the first time since 1917 the Barons won their initial struggle. They did not win it Eby a hit fest, or pebble carnival, or by luck, or by a freakish turn of fate. They won it on pure merit, and in the triumph they dished out the greatest Fbrand of inside and outside baseball ever texhibited. on a local lot. And in the lavish assortment of praise that is being Eheaped upon their shoulders. one should not forget that the Vols gave them an feye for an eye and tooth for a tooth Ton the air-tight game.
 PITCHERS STICK IT OUT
 Two pitchers went the entire route, land each got a July assortment of Ecurves and steam out of his system. Lefty Whtehill was Moleys pitching Echoice, while the Gallatin Squash sent EBili Statham to the mound. Young MT. Whitehill breezed through the first three innings setting the Vols down in one I two-three order. His delivery was dent ie6 for the first hit in the fourth, and it was not until the seventh that the Vols broke through his defense and tall lied the duo of runs that tied the score. After the heart-breaking episode, how lever Whitey remained as cool as the kpulley-bone of a glacier. and pitched on land on to the finish in masterful fashion. At the same time, however it must be admitted that the fork-handed Baron will never be able to sue the Barons for Enon-support, for the defensive work of Ehis pals was so crisp and snappy that it l crackled throughout the If frames.
 A depth bomb hit MT. .Statham in the first inning, but after that he pieced to- lgether the debris and wreckage and for the nine following frames the Barons drew only blanks in the tally line. Statham's come back after getting away to such a miserable start was remark able and he deserves praise all the more for the way he stuck by the guns iuntit Pug Allen blasted his hopes with that final two-bagger.
 "PAT'' STARTS TT
 Getting down to the game proper II should be mentioned that promptly at 3 p. m. young Pat Woodward, eight year-old son of Rick Woodward, owner Of the Baron club, marched out to the pitch K. unie had suspicious cornice on his jaw, which made many suspect that he had inserted cross-section of plug-cut, and looked like an embryonic Christy Mathewson as he toed the rubber. Johnny Gooch, who was to receive the first ball. signal, but Pat shook his head and motioned him to the diamond for consultation. Alter this bit of pan 4 tomime, the youngster powdered his fIn- gers with the rosin bag. wound up and shot a fast one plateward. Pats" con- ' trol was bad, the ball going behind the batter. Moley applied the hook, and Pat" as per rehearsal, stamped from the pitchers box as if he was very much peeved 1e~threw his cap to the I ground and swaggered toward the dug out a la Dickie Robertson in his prime. This stunt got good laugh from the stands and Harry Jones. who has pitched the first ball at Redwood for years sauirmed in his schair and threw looks of envy young Pats way. Harry should remember, however, that the adage, Youth must be served, had sf struck home at last.
 BARONS SCORE IN FIRST \ Following this preliminary and jazzy tune from the Boys Industrial school band, the game got going. with the Vols going out in order. Stuffy Stewart, first man up in the Barons half of the first, skied but Emery played second in hand with an immaculate single to center Silva's drive was regular break shot which bounded to the fence in left ana before the ball could be retrieved Emery F had crossed the pan and Doc was nesting l on third. Dutch Bernsen 'drove Siiva home with a single to right, and this 1 gave the Barpns two-run lead.
 q VOLS GET STARTED
 Y They held it until the seventh, when flor the first time during the melee, younfi T Whitehillf wavered. Chick Knaupp teec