The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-11
EXCITING BASEBALL BY AMA-
 THURS YESTERDAY.
Large Crowd Witnessed the Contest Between Young Montgomery Sportsmen-L. & N. Team De-
 feated by Score of 9 to 8.

It is barely possible that a faster game of amateur baseball has never before been witnessed than the game yesterday afternoon betw cen the Lou isville and Nashville and Falcon teams. It was without doubt the swiftest ar- ticle of amateur ball ever seen in Mont gomery. and the Falcons won by a score of 9 to 8.
 The work on both sides vas steady and snappy both in and out field, and some of the plays were as smooth and neat as that of any professional team. The battery work on both teams was way above the ordinary, both pitchers acting more like veteran professional players than amateurs. Generally the feature of all amateur ball games is the frantically wild throwing and muf- fing of the infield. Yesterday this was conspicuous by it's absence. The throw ing around the infield was as true as possible, and it was rarity for one of the infield to either los. ground hit or muff fielded ball. Especially was this noticeable in the two doubles made by the Falcons. Like clockwork. the pah o"o oh5 dACuhd tHt uidHAOAu both times each man taking part in the plays did what was asked of him and did 1t promptly
 One of the prettiest things of the game was an exceedingly difficult run ming catch that Littlcjohn made of fly ball out near the line between deep left field and foul territory. The dis tinctive feature of the game was the backstop work and batting of Burnett. Not once during the entire game did he drop a foul fly that. he could get anywhere near. Several times he got his flies between the pitchers box and the plate. Every time he went to bat he hit the ball, and generally the hits were long ones. Every time he went to bat it was amusing to watch the out field move back. Burnett Is an old leaguer. I think he was in the South ern League in 1895. Last season he was with the Detroit in the American League. A sacrifice hit made by Ed Burke. the captain and first baseman of the Louisville and Nashville, was another pretty piece of work. It was placed to a nicety just in front of the plate, and he not only went safe on it. but every man on the bags was ad- vanced.
 For four innings not a man of the Falcon team reached third base. Har- we'll and his team seemed to have them at their mercy, and the score was 5-0 in favor of the Louisville and Nashville up to the fourth inning. In the fifth, however, pretty bad tumble of Creighton on third base for the Louis vile and Nashville started things. and from then on the Falcons made one of the gamest uphill fights ever seen. That one error on their opponents side seem Ial f@ orft t1fn hA and
 while they had up to then been unable
 to do anything with Harwell they con-
 menced to hit him.
 Lobman opened up with beautiful | three-bagger. The longest hit of the game and from that start the Falcons gained inch by inch. In the sixth in- ming they piled up four runs, making | the tally sheet show seven for the | Louisville and Nashville and six for the Falcons. In the last half of the
 ninth they tied the score and good stick work put the winning run in and completed the score.
 It was an unusually exciting game and enjoyable to the highest degree. i The game was played under last years
 rules and the difference was apparent | to everybody. The rules last year made foul hits be called fouls, while | this year foul hit is called a strike. While yesterdays game was played | with remarkable quickness, still it would have been materially shortened | if all the fouls had been called strikes. The lineup was as follows: Falcons-Lobman, 3b; Meyer, s. s;
 Loeb, r. f.; Shulein. l. f.; Solomon. c.; Cohn, L., D.; Hertz, c. f. and Captain;
 Marcus, 2b.; Cohn, A, 1b. / | L. and N. Railroad-Littlejohn, l. f.; Creighton. 3b.; Burnett. C.; Burke, h.; i;
 Harwell D.; Voight c. f.; Judkins, 2b. {;
 Barker. S. s.; Brown, r. f.
 Manager for the L. and N, Ed
 Burke.
 Manager for the Falcons, Joseph See
 man.
 Score by innings R.H.E. | Falcons. .. .. ..... 900 024 003-9 ' 4 | l.. and N. Railroad .005 020 100-S 4 | Batteries-Lee Calm and Fred Solo, mon; Harwell, Barker and Burnett. Struck out by Calm. 10; by Harwell, l 3. Base on balls by Calm, 3; by Har-
 we'll 4. Two-base hits, Lobman and | Hertz. Three-b base hits, Lobman. Dou-
 ble plays, Meyer to Marcus to Calm, | Marcus to Calm
 Umpire, Tom Lewis.
 Time of game, hours and 30 minutes.
 The game was played for the benefit
 of the Charity Hospital fund, and a
 large crowd was present. Something
 over $160 was realized, and this will
 swell the fund to over s, 800.
 "He said h.s bill came to $79."-Montreal