The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27
STORY OF MONTGOMERY'S MOST
 ss GLORIOUS BASEBALL ACHIEV

ing been done in Montgomerys haf.
 Tn the second Conley scored on Weik- arts two-bagger. and two to one IL re- mained until the seventh inning, when Chattanooga put one more over, making the tally sheet at the beginning Of the ninth read: Chattanooga. 3; Montsom-
 dioom. solidified into large -stygian chunks began to settle over the grand stand, bleachers and the players bench of the home team.
 sad-faced men began to fall outyof the bleachers and with halting gait. start for the entrance, having come to the mourn fui conclusion that the game was all over as far as results signified.
 The despised outsider, Baker, had. so they thought, 2 Accomplished what Phil. lfhgnnd Keenar had 80 Fignally failed ofiAh crack pitchers of the Southern IAaHtie--Artie Agan.
 The ninth inning had commenced, and the ball park could easily have been ta- ken for grounds in which. a convention of deaf mutes was being held--with the shining exception of Ted Sullivan. that little Irishfnan swelling up and down tne lines very chesty and with an air. of, I'll show thim Mintgomery people that ied Is on earth afther all.
 Suddenly there was the swish of a bat, a crashing sound. the batter of feet, a surprised Joyous yell from the crowd and the first man up was resting on nrst base. e
 Then--oh. the bliss of 1t alI-there were some more crashing sounds. more batter ing feet, more .demoniacal yells from all quarters of the grounds. and when the first half of the ninth inning was over gomery making the score 4sand 5 in fa- vor of the locals =.
 Ted was now jumping about like crazy man. there was consideraple shrinkage in the region of his chest. and with tears in his eyes he implored his team to hit out the lost ground.
 The scene on the grounds beggared de- scription-men yelled until 1t seemed as if no throat on earth could stand the strain. There was storm of handcIap- ping and shattering of fans from the ladies in the stand-umbreilas, cushions, hats and everything detachable. filled the air, while the shadows of the dying June day pulsated under the terriffic, deafening
 This was the condition of things when Agan went in the box for the last half of the ninth inning, that crucial test that was to make or mar his name in the nis- tory of Montgomery baseball.
 - And he more, than fulfilled expectations ball after ball went sizzing oyer the rubber, .Ae Chattanooga people who were able to lit them at all went out on snort files, those that did not strike out.
 Never in his career had Agan pitched such baseball. Not a run could Chatta- nooga get and amid howls that made the bleacherS rock on tnelr IOunodIiouS, tho game wound up Montgomery. {; Chatta- nooga, 3. Gillen, Behne and Agan had won the three gamesI for Montgomery and the standing now was:
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 It was a jubilant crowd that fiocked back to the city and that night nothing but baseball could be heard anywhere in Montgomery.
 How pltiful did those poor, misguided cynics who contended that this life was filled with sorrow appear-Montgomery was leading in the race for the baseball championship. How small a matter did 1t seem to the merchant who had lost a good many dollars on over-charges and perishable stuff in that last carload of roods-Montgomery had taken three straight games from the former lead CTS and was now leader herself. What a trivial thing it occurred to the lawyer who had just lost an important case was not Montgomery now champion of the League and had he not seen how It was done
 That wise old man who said: "A little nonsense now and then Is relished by wisest men" called the turn far more &C., Squire Brown. ~