The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-17

Never before in the local history of
the national game has baseball been
patronized as largely as 1t has been
this season. Even with a team that
has been at the bottom of the League
standing the crowds have been unpre-
For a long time the cry was poor
pltching staff,' and the fans loyalty
stuck to the team in the fond hope that
faster pitehers 1ea wo the SoIes worm
threadbare in the box. The hope. 1T
seems. was delusion and snare. An
entire new corps of pitchers has been
signed, and the monotonous story con-
iir,ues-lose, lose, lose. 1t is not the
pitchers now. They are pitching ball
that should win lots oftener than lose.
ming bali. fast bali, but it has been
Knocked out of victory for the past
few days by the work of Delehanty at
short: The locals would have won
F, ank Wilson's game Wednesday but
for Delehanty, and yesterday Duke Car
ter should have had his game won 10y
a score of s to 2.
On two distinct occasions yesterday
Dt1ehanty's work-or lack of it--let In
runs. and in the tenth inning he set
tied the game by a bungiing throw of
Holley's hit to Pabst. allowing the run
ner to got to second With only one
out of course any kind of hit would
have scored him-and Delehanty was
responsible.
Il
durance and the patience of the Mont
Gomery baseball enthusiasts have been
taxed to the straining. point One of
cSnn thn Nav Is ba or he w net n1ay
In either event 1t is not justice to the
MONTGOMERY public ito keep him in the
game. OF course the local management
may say that it is not the, public's bus
mess. Perhaps not: but the public
pays for these games and they surely
have some rights, If the management
people can simply stop going to the
genes. And II this thing keeps up
much longer that is just what they
When Delehanty made no effort to
stop Swans hit In the third inning
Yesterday and dropped Smiths fly in
the eighth inning the limit had been
Kid Busch should be put at short and
a, right fielder should be. signed. The
chances are that ''Tacks" Parrot will
oranges are made the better it will be
for baseball in Montgomery.
With two out in the first inning Dur
rett beat out hit TO Smith, Busch
hit to Hughey who threw wild to Wei
kart. Durrett scoring and Busch going
to third.
lansing smashed out a three bag ger
in the second. and scored on Clark's fly
schaub walked in the last half Dele
| hanty booted Holly's hit. Swan hit to
Carter fell down in getting Grafius' $
hit Hughey hit to Carter and Holly
was thrown out at the plate. The
bases were full now and Carter hit
| In the last half of the third, Alexan-
! der hit safe. Weikart hit to first.
Pabst went after the hit and Schwarz
rushed in and covered the bag. getting
the put-out Schaub hit safe and Alex
ander scored. Holly hit to Schwartz
and there was a wild throw to first.
| Swan hit and Delehanty made no effort
tc get IL, two runs scoring
In the fifth inning with one out,
| Holly and Norcum got mixed up on
Durrett's fly, Ike going to second and
scoring on Busch's drive to center.
| In the sixth with one out, Clark
walked and went to third on Carriers
drive. both scoring on Molesworth's hit
to right. field, putting them one run to
In the last half Grafius hit past
third for two bags and scored on
Smiths hit to center, tieing the score
| again.
towards third, was sacrificed by Pabst
and scored on Delehantys hit.
| In the last half of the eighth Swan
hit safe, went to second on Graffius'
an infield fly that fell plump in Dele
hanty's hands. He dropped Vt and
Swan scored, tieing the score again.
| In the last half of the ninth Weikart
| drove a fierce one that hit Carter OF
| the foot. forcing him to leave the game
| though they did not score in the in
ming. Hale took his place in the
1 tenth.
Nothing was doing in the locals hall
os the tenth, and in the last half Holly
hit to Delehanty who threw wild t
| Pabst. Holly going to second and scor
ing on Grafflus's hit to center field, end
ing the game to in Shreveport's ia
| vor and a thoroughly Disguised GROVE
filed out of the gates.