The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-18
ALL OVER IN HE SIXTH
LOCALS TAKE FIRST GAME
 FROM JASPER.
Phenomenal Stickwork of the Home Team in the 9th Inning Clinch- ed the Game, Though Jasper
 Made Hard Fight for It.

History repeated itsa'f at the ball park
 yesterday afternoon and in the sixth in nlng by some of the most furious hitting ever seen on the local diamond the home
 team reproduced the seventh and eighth
 innings of the game that Starr pitched
 against Pensacola.
 The initial game of the Jasper series
 went to the locals in a game replete with
 features, and while Starr was pitching
 his arm off 1t looked at times as if his
 support was determined to throw it to the
 birds for him. The locals made eleven
 healthy errors, Kilgrow being the chief
 offender in this respect with four rank er-
 TOTS to his credit. It looked like a seri- ous mistake playing Kilgrow on first in place Of Paterson, and in this afternoons 8 game It IS hoped that Paterson will play
 the bag.
 In the very first inning the hearts of the Montgomery rooters dropped to their toes when four unfeeling Jasper men
 punched four hits on Starr, but one tally was the best that they could show. One single in the second and one in the fourth were all the hits that they could l get off Starr for the next five innings the one run in the first inning being all they could show until the sixth. For l three innings the locals were unable to do anything with Hill. one hit in the sec ond and one in the third inning with blanks for three innings. Both pitchers were working like steam engines and for
 three innings the game was 1 and in favor of Jasper. but in the last half of
 the fourth Hill forced in a run with four l consecutive bases on balls. tieing the l score. In the last half of the fifth singles | by Opp and Stickney with clever base
 running put Opp over and made the tally 1 sheet read "2 and 1 in favor of Mont ] Romery." In the first half of the sixth l long two-bagger by Powe-who had all ready made two hits before that-with | some Etnnid work the nf the In- l calls, but one over for Jasper, making the l game stand and 2. In the last half of l the sixth poor Hill had his troubles and saw his finish staring him in the face like | Willie-boy gazing at a chorus girl at the stage-entrance. Fire and birthstone l in great punches showered and Mont Pe- | lee would have resembled very shoddy immitation of fireworks. Creekmore | following him with another. a long two- bagger by Apperius putting them both | over. From then on it was a genuine | merry -go-round-the locals scampering l round the diamond with the horror | stricken faces of poor Hill and the Jas per bunch in the center. Nothing could | be heard but the crack of the stick and batter of feet coming down the line from | third base-Opp. Finley and Starr, follow ed Apperius's two-bagger while Nolley got a base on balls. When the dust had lift ed a little. six runs were over. making
 the score s and fin favor of the locals
 
 too late-the game had been irretrievably lost-and lost in one fatal inning. OBrien did not give hit in the two innings that he pitched and though his team used their sticks themselves he could not pull | the game out of the fire. A two-bagger and single in the seventh put couple of | runs over for Jasper while a couple of | singles in the ninth put one more over, l the game ending and in favor of | Montgomery.
 While the eleven errors of the locals | would make the game seem rather on the | bum still. in many respects, it was a re- | markedly good one. Starr had excellent | control. not during the entire game giv- | ing a base on balls. while he struck out
 nine men. Hill gave six bases on balls | of Montgomery's runs were earned to | two for Jasper One of the pret-
 tiest things ever seen on a dia-
 mond was running catch by | Womble Jaspers left fielder. Apperius ! had smashed out what looked like sure | home run and he had almost completed | the circuit of the bags when by a super | human effort Womble got hold of the
 ball. pulled 1t down and spoiled home run. Jasper's double play was another | fast piece of work Perkins at short, | Sorber at second and Erwin at first com pletng the play. Sorber put up fine | assists two putouts without an error. | O'Brien will pitch for the visitors today l and Noley for the locals while Lem Bai- | ley will be in right field today and in the | box for the locals tomorrow Ed Ma | honey's umpiring gave universal satis- | faction to both side. not kick being | registered. Yesterdays score was: