The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-22

After the terrible first inning yes
terday the locals started game. up
hill fight. and with the tremendous
handicap of to 0 against them, were
only one run behind at the end of the
third inning. Then came the fifth
and 1t was all over.
Umpire Wood gave Wilson rough
deal on his balls and strikes decisions.
bases on balls. when two bases on
balls at the outside and seven strike
outs would have been Just,
Another rough deal given the locals
by the umpire was in the first half Of
the ninth inning. Kohler had walked.
and Clarke, the Atlanta backstop, had
struck out After the batter had
struck out Kohler started on a run to
second. Clarke running down the line
to first. Clark of the locals made no
attempt to throw the ball to Pabst.
Wood having already called the bat
ter out, yet Wood allowed the Atlanta
Clarke to go to first, reversing his de-
cision, and Shaw let Kohler go to sec
ond.
The rule on this is SO plain and
clear as to leave no room for argu-
ment. Under the head of when bats
man is out" Section 8, Rule 81 of the
batsman is out, If while first base be
occupied by a baserunner three strikes
be called on him by the umpire, I'M
less two men are already out.
Two men were not out, nobody be-
Ing out but the batsman at that mo-
ment. The rule Is not in the least
freighted with ambiguity. Clark of
Montgomery was right and Umpire
Monday afternoon Krug,; the Allan
ia third baseman, threw ball at UNI
pire Shaw for calling Pabst safe az
ter he (Krug) had claimed that Pabst
left third base for home. before the
ball had been caught in the outffeld.
Nothing was done to Krug. Yesterday
after Charlie Schwartz had pounded
out his terrific home run and was
sprinting around the bags, Krug de-
liberately tried to block Lim at third
base Schwartz crashed into the
Dutchman so hard as to nearly put
him out of business. Everybody on e
grounds saw IT. and Shaw could not
have helped seeing 1t as he was watch
ing the baserunner. Again nothing was
done to Krug by the umpire, the only
notice taken of 1t being by the bleach :
ers and stand who roundly Kissed
Several times this summer The Ad-
vertiser has criticised Montgomery
players for actions against the umpire.
Pabst. the captain1 of the local team,
was recently suspended for doing less
than Krug did Monday. The public
undoubtedly will uphold an umpire
| when that official is trying to preserve
order on the field, but there is certain
| ly no fair play nor justice in this krug
matter Krug should have been put
out of the game for his action Mon
| day, and he should certainly have been
put out of the game for ms under-
handed work of yesterday. The facts IN
both instances have been Forwarded to
Judge Kavanaugh.
DemontreVille walked. CroZler punt
ed towards first and then came play
that seemed the beginning OF trouble
Schwartz ran in with the evident In
tentfon of covering the bag and letting
Pabst get the ball Seeing that Pabst
did not start for the ball Schw Saat
ford walked filling the bags. Dem0nt-
revilIe and Crozier scored. Mckay
struck out and stafford scored on
MorseS fly to Wordsworth, krug scor-
ing on Kohler's drive to right. Clarke
hit safe and he and KOhler scored on
McMakin's hree-bagger. Demontre-
vile for the second time in that in
ming went to bat and ended the agony
with a fly to Pabst. six runs being
chalked up.
Schwartz landed on drive to the CEN
ter fence that was good for nome
run. Krug trying to block him at third
base and being nearly bowled over.
lined out two-bagger. going to third
on a wild throw of McMakin, and scor-
ed on Jansing's fly.
third. Wordsworth hit to Morse who
threw wild trying to catch Wilson at
second. Schwartz was out on ny to
KruR. Durrett nit TO r1Snt, MCfAay
letting 1t get by him, Wilson scoring
and Durrett going to second. Busch
drove to right, Wordsworth and Durrett
This left the score and 5 in favor
of Atlanta. and 1t look6k as IL the locals
had a good change to win. but in the
first half of the hfth hope was knocked
higher than If a ton of dynamite had
been placed under the inning. Krug
hit one that Busch didn't get. Mckay
struck out. Morse hit safe. KohleT
| hit to Busch who tossed 1t to Schwartz
t. catch Morse, Schwartz being off the
| bag, and the bases being full Clarke
| hit to right. Delehanty threw bad to
| the plate. the ball bounding Off and
lansing picking IT up and making an
other wild throw, all four of the run
ners scoring, leaving the score 10 to o.
In the last of the seventh. Moles-
| " orth pounded out a terrific hit to left
| which, by the fastest base-running ever
seen on the local grounds he stretched
| into a ee-bagger, and scored on
| Schwartz's fly to left.
In the first of the eighth Demontre-
vile cracked out a safe hit Crozier
hunted towards first Pabst getting the
! ball and Schwartz covering the bag
but Shaw called the runner safe. STAFF
| ford hit to Wilson who threw Demont-
reville out at third. Krug was out on
hit to Busch. Mckay hit to right
! Crozier and Stafford scoring.
Pabst hit safe in the last half. jan