The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-31

Little Rock, May 20.-(Specfai.)- )-- The Travellers and the Barons divided the Memorial Day doubleheader at Kavanaugh field this afternoon, and both called it good day.
 The Barons took the first game, to 4 by punching hits on George Payne. while the Travellers got away with the second. to 1, by punching their blows in two innings off Bill statham. It was a bad day for ex- Nashville pitchers.
 The win in first game went to s'Red" Bates, q slender youth of the Cy Barger type of architecture. "slim" Clary was the victor In the second contest, in which "Slim" played a very prominent part. "Slim" was especially active in the sixth in- ming. when he got over a Very bad spot and prevented the Barons from tieing the score.
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 The Travellers hit Bates often and far in the first game. but not quite as often as the Barons hit Payne. However, the Travellers hit the furtherest. Travis Jackson and Jos Connolly added a home run each to their total, and Bob Barrett socked a triple. connelly's homer was his fifth and puts him in tie with Bar rett for the leadership of the league. It happened that there was nobody on when the long hits were poled.
 While tho Barons hits were shorer. they came In punches and produced moro runs. The scoring started in the Baron half of the sec ond inning. Taylor. first up, got a double to right when his fly fell be- tween Schleibner and Wano. Bill probably could have made the catch, but, stopped to avoid & collision. Hunter threw out Harper, but Silva drove a double almost to the score board, which scored Taylor. Burkett was walked. Brandon's single to cen ter scored Silva. Bates got a single by third. but Stewart famed and Connolly made a wonderful running catch on Nouns waliop to center.
 Travellers Tie Score
 The Travellers tied the score in the fifth on Barrett's triple. a single by Lapan, Payne's sacrifice and Zoeller's single by first.
 In the sixth the Barons took a fresh lead. Harper doubled. Silva lifted to Zoellers. but Burkett dumped a slow grounder to the left of 1he box. Payne's throw to first was late and wild, Harper scoring
 The seventh produced another Bir- mingham run. Neun and Clarke singled, and Taylor squeezed Neun over from third. Jackson's home run came In the seventh, when his scorch- ing grinder to right took a mean hop over Harper's head.
 Barons Cfnch Game
 The Barons cinched It with four in the eighth. Burkett singled to center. Brandon bunted and Payne tried for Burkett at second, but the runner was declared safe by Umpire Tandy. Bates lifted. to Connolly in deep center, and both runners ad- vanced after the catch. Stewart was passed. intentionally although he had struck out three times during the game. Neun upset the strategy by driving . hit by third, scoring Burkett. A single past second by Clarke scored two more. Jackson threw out Taylor, while Neun was scoring. Hunter threw out Harper With one out In the eighth, Wano beat out slow hit to short. but was got another single to left After Barrett had fouled out. Dutch" stole second. Jackson was walked. Brown came through with a hit. drive through short, which scored Schleibner. Clary struck out.
 Barons Almost Tie
 thrown out attempting to steal. Con molly then pounded a home run to left center.
 Neither team scored In the nint,. although the Barons got two on with none out.
 Second Game
 The Travellers got to Statham for a run in the second inning of the second game. Schleibner lead off with single and scored on Barretts triple to left center. Barrett was left on third when Jackson grounded out. Brown lifted to Clarke in short left and Clary grounded to Taylor.
 The winning run was made in the