The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASM
SELMA GOES WILD OVER ITS
 sPLEf-DID TEAM. '.H
Description of the Exciting Games at the Ball Park During the
 Past Two Days-Pleased With Players.
Advertiser Bureau,

AuVeTI1SeT DuEcaus
 Selma, June 15.
 This has been a quiet week in Sell ma, except in base ball circles. The Senators winning the games of Thurs day and Friday from the visitors has made all baseballdom happy and it would have been worth any mans dol- lar to have been present at the park the past two days to hear the fans root for the home team. Yesterday af- ternoon the large crowd was more demonstrative than ever. When the new pitcher, Baker. who arrived day or so ago from Michigan, went out in the field to take his position, he was given great send-off by those on the grand stand, while those on the bleach ers' stand jumped to their feet and yelled and screamed. tossed hats in the air and made the welkin ring just as Q crowd of delegates do in A State Con- vention at the mention of favorite's name.
 And Baker did not disappoint them. He took the ball and rubbed it around in his hands for a few minutes as pitchers always do. He then turned his face almost to the third base, whiried on his heel like a flash and let that ball fly like 1t had been shot out of a catapult. The man at the plate struck at the ball and missed. and as the uni- pire called out strike" the crowd went wild again, and several balls were put in before the noise stopped. So demonstrative was the crowd that they could not hear whether the umpire was calling strikes or balls. and they didn't care. for from the very first ball that Baker let fly he struck the hearts of the Selma public. He is as cool as . cucumber and never gets rattled. Sometimes he throws a little wild, but that very fact keeps the man at the bat guessing. He struck three men during the game on account of wild pitching. but. they never got further than first or second base on that &C., count.
 There was intense excitement among the spectators in the second inning when Memphis had three men on bases and not a man out. Everybody ex- pected Memphis to score in that in ming and 1t seemed a miracle that 1t did not but Baker never got rattled in the least and the next three men at the bat went out in one, two, three order and the suspense was over.
 There was another exciting time in the game, when Selma had three men on bases and Dalrymple went to the bat He hit the ball @ good lick and sent it over the heads of the players, brought in the three men on tue bases and came within ten feet of making home run himself. The crowd went wild again. and several men grabbed their hats and commenced to gather In the sheckles, and in a few minutes a large quantity of silver was poured in to the smiling Dalrymple's hat, while the applause was tremendous as he made a gracesfuI bow. to the grand stand, and then turned to the bleach- CTS stand and bowed until his head almost touched the grass. It was a spontana aouE. hearty. enthusiastic trib- ute to q player, which he thoroughly appreciated.
 There were several horns in the crowd, while some had small bells. It was ap aumsing sight to see sedate Water Street wholesalers grab horn and blow loud and long. There was one peculiarly shaped sheep's horn,