The age-herald., 1901-07-19


 The Hon. Joseph veitch. erstwhile of New York, but now operating with Boles' bunch of ballbumpers, will appear in new togs today With a terrific swat of his favorite old bat he smashed the ball square on the jaw and drove it over right field fence for a home run. Moss and Martin had been waiting on the bases for just such lick, and trotted across the plate just ahead of the hero. It was the first home run of the season on the Bir- great big sign on the score board says the Hon. MT. Veitch shall wear new clothes.
 That pile-up of runs took the life out of the aggregation from Selma, and for a few minutes Cribbins wilted. The South Alabamians soon picked up, however, and put up a snappy game of base ball. Little Tommie Gillen was conundrum from the start and though two or three of Tenders pets hit the ball hard, they couldn't twist their eyes in a. bunch and 1t was a plain case of 'up against it from the jump"
 The display was turned on with Moss leading the overture, with a hot drive to left field. Martin followed with a sac- rifce and the captain landed on second. Veitch with an eye to something doing laced sizzler over short stops head, sending Moss home in trot. Pap Le- Rocque also wanted finger in the pie and put one in the same corner with enough steam to score Veitch. Kalkhoff and Culver went out In quick order, and there was a temporary cessation of the home going. .....-..
 Selma sent Frank up for starter and he acted real ugly. With long drive to left field he anchored at the left sack and there was sad feeling among the rooters. Fender went out to first. AL exander attempted to bunt but was struck on the hand after he had hit the ball and was so badly injured he had to leave the game Shoenberg took his place in right garden. With two men out Weaver wield- ed a mighty stick and scored MT. Farnk. who had advanced to third on Alexanders s sacrifice. Stouch then hit slow one to LaRocque and the agony subsided | The first was just sample, as the l real Fourth of July and Christmas exhibi- tion began in the second, and Selma's 8 | hopes were forever blasted McDevitt
 led off with a pretty single to center. Wilhelm sacrificed him to second and Gill | len slugged the sphere to left field for two big sacks McDevitt scoring. Moss
 put one in right, scoring MT. Gillen. On
 an error of Fender Martin made first and the gentleman from New York approach | ed the plate. There was a mighty cheer and MT. Veitch felt his importance Something was wanted and he had that
 very thing concealed about his person. | Cribbins sent pretty one Just across the plate and the boy in red simply murdered l it. There was a mighty roar from the
 bleechers as the ball shot across right field like rocket, landing in barley
 patch outside the fence. It was the first home run by local hitter on the home grounds and was the greatest thing that
 ever happened" MT. Vetch established
 himself in the hearts of the rooters and l was the hero of the day. With sight of
 those five runs Selma took the dumps
 and 1t took several innings for them to
 get back in the game and show what
 there was in them. In the fourth they ran up against hard streak of luck and l though they played beautiful ball the Jonah was with them. They got three men on bases with nobody out and it looked like a cinch when Beecher, the new player. picked up the stick. He Wasn't there. however. for short boun- der to Kalkhoff retired Weaver at the plate and then Busch tried it. On his in- field hit Stouch was retired at the plate and Cribbins went out at second. It was hard luck
 One of the prettiest features of the game was a double play from Kalkhoff to Veitch to LaRocuue. Score: