The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-02

It was a bit like the irony of fate that 1t should fall to the lot of the most brilliant infielder and hardest working and most conscientious base ball player in the Southern League to lose yesterdays hotly contested game.
 Yet that is just what happened. In in the tenth inning, Charlie Schwartz made one fatal error at the critical point and Memphis won the game.
 It was a pitchers battle ,S and y., re, ,, i, Wilson and Brown pitched wonderful ball. each giving up only six hits in the ten innings. Wilson striking out
 six menand 1ad at cru,iai ,ha boy gave five bases on balls to Browns two. Some of Wilson's bases on balls. however. displayed magnificent head
 seemingly ugly holes. This was no- ticeable in the sixth inning when with two out Keenan hit safe and Dusty" Miller. one of the heavy hitters of the | the next man up, going out on an easy hit to Wilson.
 The support given Wilson was of a kind that will win nine games out of ten, Kid Busch making two of the er- TOTS though neither one was costly. Schwartz led in hitting with two of the six hits. Kid Busch getting the longest hit for the locals, a two -bagger
 that almost won the game in the last It was one. two. three with both teams in the first two innings. In the first half of the third. with two down Downey hit one that, by a great ef- fort. Delehanty, who was playing sec- ond knocked down, but was too late to get his man. Keenan going out on an infield hit.
 locals had of breaking into the tally column. With only one out Busch lined out a terrific hit to right field
 that was good for a sure two bags in sam Dungan got the ball mixed UT
 in his hands and the Kid went to third Here was where Browns steadiness came in. Wilson was the next man ur and he had chance to win his own game. Brown struck him out, however and the heavy hitting Molesworth wen, down on a short infield hit which Dow ney handled nicely.
 In the next inning the only double or the game came. With Cannon on first Dungan landed on a vicious line drive. Delehanty got 1t and doubled Cannon before he could get back to first.
 In the last half the locals had the bases full with only one out two hits
 being punched and Brown making a
 pad throw: schwartz was thrown ou,
 at the plate on Clark's hit to Downe,
 ana Gardner went out to Walters Things rocked along this way until the end or the ninth inning, the score | sheet still being unmarred on bott
 sides Then in the first half of the | tenth Hurlburt opened with a terrific drive to right. Gardner fielded 1t fir
 and would have caught the runner al
 third, Schwartz dropping the ball.
 Hurlburt was so exhausted-a game
 leg, too-that Whistler. to give him a
 runner, took him out of the game. Frits taxing his place. Brown struck ont Downey walking and stealing second heenan struck out and long, audible grounds. e' 'h'
 Then came something that broke UT the game. Dusty Miller was m, ana
 while a base on balls would have f1ileG
 Ine pags. still it would probably have
 saved the dire disaster that followed
 Cannon being the next man up. Mile, uio nor wait for a walk, but swuna viciously at the ball. smashed if anS
 prita p1ata and Downey cantered over the In the last half the locals cou,a,. p19duce, and one of the most excitins
 ,,, uaii games ever played here was over Witn the Egyptians victors by a SCOT,