The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-29
BURNETTS BUNCH WON
MONTGOMERY TOOK BALL CANE
 FROM BREwToN.
It Was oingery Exhibition With Score to 3 in Favor of High landers-Moore's Bril-
 liant Play.

ta:nty from start to finish, Montgomery evened Its score with B-ewton yesterday at the Highland Park gro lnds, by de- feating the red-clad players from Escam- bia by the close score cf to 8.
 Burnett's Highlanoers located the ball as soon as Laird, the long, tall, twirler rom Brewton, began throwing them over the plate
 The story of the game Is in the batting record. Montgomery. hits, Brewton, 4 Burtle, the little southpaw that Bur nett picked up in Louisville, was more responsible for Brewtons undoing than any other cause Jr circumstance. Burtle Is not much taller than a regulation bat is long. and in weight he belongs in the bantam class. The way he sent the balls Where he got his speed everybody won dered. but 1t was there. He had a nice assortment of curves, too. and as he passed them around there was much bending and scraping among the Reds" !" Laird pitched a good game. scoring eight strike-outs. Laird was unable to | find the plate in the first three innings but he later settled down and pitched an effective game.
 The contest, which was witnessed by | upwards of 300 people, was such as to delight the heart of the true fan. The element of uncertainty was there in large quantities, the contest was sprinkled with sensational plays, and the ball was hit | hard and often.
 Moore, the fast second baseman made perhaps the prettiest stop ever seen in | Montgomery. Moore is a 1.-the, keen fel- steel springs. and when he goes after | ball he bounds from the earth as easily and rapidly as an antelope. l In the seventh inning Burnett lined out a speedy grass cutter square between | first and second It had all the ear | marks of safe, being in the right place and having plenty of speed behind | it. Moore went after 1t with the speed | of ui Ac do rfn hxyh hQ had | out into the grass after it and the grand | stand sat in speeches. surprise as he l picked it out of his glove with his right | hand and handed 1t to Rankin at first all the time going at full speed
 In the seventh inning Dugan. Montgom- ery's speedy left fielder, electrified the grand stand with sensational catch of Martins long foul fly. Dugan came in | from deep left and far beyond the foul | line he reached out and plucked Martin s foul hit from off the fence. A three-bagger by Fritz. Brewton's long catcher, won him a round of hearty | applause and 1t resulted in one score for | Brewton.
 Let 'em Run" Lane laced out two-
 bagger and hit safe four out of five | times at the bat.
 | Montgomerys superiority in stick work was almost offset by Brewton's excellent | unfolding. The official score shows that Brewton acquired only two errors, while four were chalked up against Montgom- | | than the Highlanders and more than once | the Reds headed off and captured s2 : l hits. The infeld Of the Brewton aggre- l gation is like a clock.
 For Montgomery, Burnett's work at first could not be improved upon and Lane played a snappy game at short. | Steele showed up we'll at third. but
 Langsford at second was not up to the 4,andard. The Montgomery intield will | eady down as the season grows older -s t..e '. ,erial appears to be there.
 .--...#-. "ent after the game from the
 spite of the fact that Laird men walk and struck Burnett on | ...s ..> i'd with the ball. the Reds retired | the locals without score.
 Brewton came in for its half of the in- | ming full of ginger. Martin got his base | on balls and was advanced to second on | O'Brien's sacrifice. Leighton singled and | Fritz went out on fly. Rankin singled
 and O'Brien and Leighton romped in
 home: Rankin was thrown out at sec | ond the side was retired
 l In the second inning Montgomery got | busy. Steele nit a dust raiser to Moore,
 who handled 1t nicely, but Steele got a life at first on Rankin's error. Green
 was hit by a ball. Burtle went out on
 a foul bunt. Fischer famed, but Dugan put pretty single out in right, on which Steele raced across the plate. Green tried
 to follow on the same nit. put Hickman | threw him out at the plate.
 Both Montgomery and Brewton accu-
 mulated goose eggs in the third and fourth innings.
 In the fifth Montgomery acquired an- | other tally. It came about in this way. I Fischer famed. The reliable Dugan hit
 safely down the third base line. Burnett
 lined out a long fly to right, which Hick- man took in. Ramp came up and hit safe,
 scoring Dugan, but Ramp was thrown out | at second.
 The Reds retired in one, two, three or der.
 In the sixth both sides had something
 coming to them. In Montgomerys half | Lane laced out pretty two-bagger. Steele put fly in Rankin's hands. Green hit to short. but got safe on third by l O'Brien's error.. Burtle waited patiently
 for four bad ones. Langsford put long
 1t and Lane scored. Fischer struck out.
 but Dugan hit safe to right scoring Green. Burtle tried for home on the same hit. but was caught ten feet from the plate.
 For Brewton Leighton hit safe. Fritz
 lined out a beautiful three-bagger, and l Leighton trotted across the plate. Brew
 tons hopes rose, but they quickly fell.
 Fritz was thrown out at second. Ran
 kin hit a hot one to short and Lane failed to handle It. Moore went out on fly
 to Langsford, and the side was retired | when Steele picked up Womble's hit to
 third and threw him out at first.
 Montgomery had promises of scores in
 the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, but the promises were never fulfilled. Each inning ended with men on bases. Brew
 ton in each of the last innings failed
 The official score was as follows
 Brewton- AB.R1B.Po.A.E.
 Martin. c; f.. ........I l
 O'Brien, 3b.... .. .. ....2 0 o ]
 Leighton. s. s.. ......4 ? Q l