The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-18


At Montgomery-Shreve ana
At Nashvilie-Little Rock and Nash
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Al Atianta-New Orleans and At
lanta.
fective GOODNESS. Gardner won his game
yesterday, though he was hammered
eearfully by the Piratical Crew from
Giikstown.
In the second inning Gardner showed
superb control and accomplished
feat which has rarely been equalled by
any pitcher in the United States. With
the bases full and nobody out he held
short infield hits. the three base-run-
ners being threwn out at the plate IN
rotation. While he struck out four
men, he simply put them over and let
bly, did the team back of him respond.
only one error being made. and that
was not costly.
Frank Delehanty was out in right
deld and played a great game. driving
In two OF the runs and cutting of
sure run by beautiful throw to the
plate of SWANS hit in the third in
ming. getting Holly out at the plate.
Molesworth led the hitting with four
long hits in four times at bat, Clark
getting three hits (including that IA
nous three-bagger that put two runs
over in the last of the eighth, Dele
hanty and Busch getting two hits each
While White was not hit as hard as
Gardner. still he did not have anything
ness displayed by the Pretzel southpaw-
His support also was way below that
given Gardner, the Pretzels playing
rings around them both in fielding and
batting. the hits being made just when
they counted most.
Both sides were blanked in the first
inning and In the first half of athe
second with the bases full and none
out 1t looked like a bunch of scores for
the Pirates, but Gardner pulled himself
out OF an ugly hole in the smoothest
manner ever seen on the local grounds
Holly opened the inning by lining
out hit to right for two bags. Swan
tried to sacrifice. Gardner ran in on the
bunt and started to throw to third to
catch Holly. lansing was not on the
bag. however, and Gardner whirled and
threw to Pabst. too late to stop the
runner. Graffius smashed one that
was too hot for Busch and the bags
were full of Pirates with nobody out.
pretty bad for a man with a weak
heart. ANY kind of hit would score
two men and fly to the outfield would
score one. White was up with a
best he could do was a hit that lansing
ecooped up. shot back to Clark, and
Holly was out at the plate. Smith hit
to Pabst who promptly returned 1t to
Clark and Swami was out at the plate.
Norcum hit one that Gardner got and
returned to Clark in time to get Graf
nus out at the plate.
Busch started the last half with a
singing hit to left, going to second on
Pabst's sacrifice. lansing hit one that
Holly got all right, but he made wild
throw to weikart, Busch scoring and
lansing going to third. Delehanty
was GU ton hit to Smith. but Clark
pounded out a hit that scored lansing.
Clark being forced out at second on
Gardeners hit to Smith.
With one out in the third weikart
walked. Sehaub hit to first and after
getting the runner Pabst whirled and
threw II down to second. 1t looked
like a double. but Shaw called weik-
Weikart scored.
The Pretzels got the run back in the
last half. Wordsworth started 1t with
a scorchtng hit to center going to
second on Schwartz's neat sacrifice.
Durrett was out on a hit to Holly,
Molesworth springing to third on the
play and scoring. on Busch's second
long hit.
In the fourth the Pirates not only
tied the score, but raised 1t one. with
two out Smith hit safe. Norcum crash
ed out hit that looked good for two
bags at least but by a great run Busch
succeeded in getting close enough to
knock 1t down with one hand, making
only a one base hit out of it, Alexan-
der hit safe to right and Smith scored.
Weikart hit one past third and Nor
cum and Alexander scored.
Nothing more was done then until
the last half of the sixth when with
two down Delehanty hit safe to left,
Alexander making wild throw to
Holly and Delehanty going to third.
scoring on Clark's long drive to center.
This tied up the score again and
nothing more was done until the last
of the eighth when with one out jan
sing walked and went to third on
Delehanty's hit to left. both scoring
on terrific drive by Clark for three
bags. Gardner was out on a hit to
Weikhart, Molesworth walked and with
Schwartz at the bat the famous double
steal came in, Wordsworth started to
second, Grafflus threw to Holly and
Clark dashed over the plate just before
the Pirate backstop got him.
With three runs staring them In the
face the Pirates started the ninth and
came so near making a sensational
finish that several bleacherites are
black in the face yet. Weikart start
ed the trouble with hit to deep left
that Jared the fence and was a clean
home run. Schaub hit safe, Holly hi,
safe, Schaub going to third and scor.
ing on Grafiuss fly to Durrett White
had chance TO win his own game, but
he~Gouldn't produce and ended the game
with a hit to Pabst.
The score was: