The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-14
BY A NARROW MARGIN
sYLAcAUoA GETS YESTERDAYS
GAME.
They Landed by One Run, the Final
Score Being and 5 in the Thrown
Game and Sell Out Cry-No
More Betting on Grounds.

when dey wins dey's like err peach;
when dey loses dey's like er sucked
len en-"
This sage observation was made by one
of the walters of the 1nfirmary Aid So
ciety at the ball ground yesterday after
noon and accurately calls the turn of a
trite truism that has been and will be in
vogue just as long as the great game of
baseball has been and will be known.
I Just so long as team Is winning it Is
the finest bunch of players that ever
cavorted on this terrestrial globe. Let
that team lose, and the knocking begins.
especially If somebody is on the short end
of a bet. This is what makes baseball,
however. The kickers kick like steers,
but their bark is worse than their bite
and. after all, they are harmless; every
body understands them
Decidedly the largest crowd that ever
attended an amateur ball game in Mont
gomery saw the third game of the Syla-
cauga- Montgomery series yesterday af-
terroon. These two teams have played
some of the fastest ball ever seen In
Montgomery, their first series several
weeks ago resulting in a couple of extra
inning games. Since then both teams
have been very materially strengthened.
and the article Of ball being put up this
week is wonderfully fast, the locals win
ming Mondays and Tuesdays games. and
losing yesterdays by one run. Then
fraud" gamblers bought the game"
etc, filling the air. Whether the game
was thrown or not, Is an open question,
easy to assert, but difficult to prove. The
biggest kick registered was on the base
running, the first being when Moore
should have scored and was caught at the
plate. True 1t looked like Moore was
over confident and loafed too much COM
ing down the line. Even at that, how
ever he did what he could to make the
tally. sliding into the plate. Last night
1t was stated that Moore has very bad
case of the infiction known as Charlie
horse" and everyone who has expert
enced the pleasures of "Charliehorse'
knows how painful it is to run Whether
the game was thrown or not, 1t VICE de-
cidedly enjoyable the two double plays
of Sylacauga and one of the locals being
lightning fast.
In the first inning the locals got over
two by Hobbies single. Wallace's three
Dagger and an error. two baggers by
Dunlap and Stickney putting Dunlap over
with earned run for Sylacauga in
their half of the first.
IT the fourth. singles by Weaver and
Stickney and a three-bagger by Andrews
locals not having been able to produce
since the first inning. In the sixth. a
three Dagger by Stickney, with singles
by Ward and Andrew. added one more
for them. making the score and in
their favor. The locals changed this to
4 and in their favor in their half of the
sixth, Burnetts long single and some
yellow work by Sylacauga putting Moore
and Wallace over. In the eighth. punched
singles by Weaver Stfckney and An
drews put two more over for Sylacauga.
making the score and in their favor.
The locais failed to reach the plate in
their half and the game closed that way.
Seals was hit pretty hard and glance at
the score will show how the game was
lost. The officials score was: