The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-15
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

strength-stealing. long innings sodawate' was the only nervine that could be had at Highland Park Oval and some sort of nervine was an absolute necessity. Tho distracted fans drank sodawater at a mad rate.
 Full eleven innings the Pretzcls and the men from Bragtown struggled over the diamond, the one side having the ad- vantage and then the other and the whole thing was exciting and distracting ar Brooklyn handicap.
 And throughout the eleven innings
 Ifs" and ''buts were as numerous as the oats Mir. Carter used to own. Take that last inning. it's not too sad a story. Atlanta had already attached the run that proved to be the winner in the first half. Up came Molesworth.. Molesworth Is a husky child and he swats the ball a lew on any old occasion. He send sig zling grounder to Morse. Bragtown's cot ton headed second baseman. Whitey digs It out of the dust and stays the bulky Molesworth at first. Schwartz steps up to the plate. polishing hls bat with sand. An! There's a ball player for you, this man Schwartz. Foxy head. strong arm and fast pair of legs. Waits for the sort he likes. Here 1t comes. a swift inshoot. Schwartz slams 1t to the far side of the outfield for two bags. Uncle Isaac Is the next man up. Swings his bat and the ball sails way out in center When 1t comes to mother earth there Is koeher of the swift heels waiting for 1t. Two out now and Schwartz down on second dancing around like the territory in the neighborhood of the keystone bag was a hot griddle.
 Smith turns his back and Schwartz scoops for third like a flash. Lansing walks to the plate and every man on the bleachers or in the Rrandstand clutches | |. .f- rA1 hrDNr a- ing hasn't been stinging the ball like he did in the opening games. but when he went to the rubber he carried the hopes and prayers of that big bunch of fans. What did he do? He did just what Casey did. He struck out and Schwartz on third.
 Triton to the discard? Not much. Trit- ton is not to be passed along to the has beens as long as he can pitch games like that of yesterday Up in Birmingham there are a lot of people at the end or every season who sit down and hgure out why Birmingham finishes away down about last. If the people of that town of dust and smoke will permit a sugges- tion from "a country town as they call us, it is hereby intimated to them they never will have winning team as long as they discard ball players like Triton: While Triton is receiving his due need of praise 1t is not to be forgotten that
 
 assisted in the run getting. Still. if-nut what's the use? The. whole game was full of ifs.
 The long battle was really an eleven inning duel between Triton and Smith. with Smith having shade the better Of 1t. But Tritton's showing was more than creditable. %t.
 Now a word as to this man Smith. The Atlanta papers. with their usual nodes ty, admit that Smith is the best pitcher in the League. In spite of this, smith can pitch a few. He Is an angular, elongated. fishing rod sort of a person with an arm like tempered steel. When he let's that arm out the ball shoots over the rubber about the size of duck shot Then he has tantalizing, aggra- vating drop It comes in with an un- derhand throw and at the plate'1t dodges ? the bat with a sudden sharp break He 5 a good one. all right. The Pretzels couldn't do much with him yesterday and they have the reputation of Knowing no" to handle bat. se
 Uncle Isaac Durrett alone and unaided gave Montgomery its first tally. It was in the first inning. Uncle Isaac steps 10 the rubber with shiny white bat. They say he sleeps with that bat at the head of his bed and every morning the hrst thing he does is to sand paper 1t to a dazzling Whiteness. By the end or tne season it Is said his bat has been sand papered so much that it Is about the slze of billiard cue. s tobacco 200 pounds and every bit of him but the tobacco is ball player. He waited patiently until he got one that suited nm and he promptly slammed 1t against the left field fence, way down near the Couh, try Club. Uncle Isaac IS no ten seGonu snr,nter hut he was over the rubber long before the ball got back to the diamond
 For five innings white goose eggs were chalked up against Atlanta. In the sixth inning for Atlanta Morse hit a grounder to DelehantS and was promptly thrown 9ue 3a Montre- ltl vile cracked out single. Ana, TOT once in his life. Clarke, Montgomery game little catcher was caught hap Ding. With the ball in his hand ne tur6ed to look around and the speedy De Mont sailed down to second. Up came the tall Mellor who has an unoe- served reputation or pelnS weaR d. fnr @ iong single, and De Mont romped With the score tied the Prstzels Pr gel, same in to do things gtle anG Toer erS down GI e front of smith and the moon fixcrr threw him out at first. Triton jabbed the air ineffectively three times. MoIes, over Mellor's head, Molesworth trot- ting to third on the wild throw; Schwartz hit to Krug and he tossed the ball way over Meilor s heau es. 2a Hia got the ball. Everybody was playing "hail over" and he threw the ball over Clarke's head into the press stang, al lowing Schwartz as well as Moles-
 Melior evened the score for Atlanta with a hit for four bags in the eighth. It was this way. Krug paused patient ly for four bad balls S.It Sase an1 aD De Mont Mont flew out to Stickney. Mellor waIkea ca up and cracked the ball with nck that sent 1t to the back fence. Wlth Krug in front of him, Mellor made the circuit of the diamond.
 The rest of the chapter Is story of trial and tribulation Tor Montgom : cry. In the eighth the Pretzels tho1ght Hsn : man up, hit safely past third. Triton the next man. tried to bunt but sue ceeded in knocking a small pop ny 10 Krug. Molesworth hit a ny 10 center but Kohler got 1t. Delehanty rapped hard grounder to Krug who threw down to second, forcing Stickney out and killing the chance of the locals.
 In the ninth inning Atiansa 5 tu WeRS 0u' cry was disposed of in the same sort of style. The crowd settled back for the extra inning. -.
 For Atlanta Lusky was a good wat CT and a base on balls was his reward. The mignLy Krug came up ana made three futile passes at the pail. Morse hit n slow one to short and It couldn men on bases. Things looked scary. De Mont went out on a fly to Stickney and Triton found Kohler. The fans sat up and breathed easier.
 other show. Clarke, the first man up, hit safe to right. Manners sacrificed him to second. The horizon was bright with promise It was in vain. Stick n nd n