The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-19
THINNING GAME
NEITHER CLIMBERS NOR PIRATES
 COULD UNITE SCORE.
Every Minute of the Contest Was Ex- citing and Hale and Swann Were Heroes of the
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| With the score standing 2 to o in | favor of the Climbers, Roy Hale and Swann pitching superb ball and both teams straining every nerve in efforts to win. couple of bad breaks in the | local infield with q pinch hit, tied the score in the seventh inning. In the ! first half of the tenth inning the | Pirates united It by getting in one run and in the last half a couple of punched | hits with a magnificent bit of baserun- ming tied it up again. 1t was so dark then that Umpire Ehret called the game with tine score standing and 8. | There have been better games played l in Montgomery than the one yesterday, | but It is a very debatable question if there has ever been a more exciting or thoroughly enjoyable one. It was a gruelling pitchers battle between Hale and Swann. and just as the final score was tie so were the pitching honors even. Hale saving shade the best of the fight. Both of them did remarka- . ble work, Hale striking out sleven men and Swarn nine. Hale giving five bases on balls and Swann three. seven hits being made of Hale and eight of Swann. Hale kept his hits far better scattered than Swann as none of the Pirates runs was the result of punched hits. the two runs in the seventh inning coming in as a result of two errors while the one in the tenth was the re- suit of a base on balls, another 5infield error and hit. On the contrary the run put in by the Climbers in the first inning was the result of punched hits, the one fin the sixth. the result of dumb Pirate work and the tieing run in the tenth the result of punched hits and magnificent base running.
 Dan" Brouthers and Molesworth led the hitting. Brouthers getting a two bagger and couple of singles and Molesworth a two-bager and single, his two hits bringing in two of the runs, two of Brouthers's hits helping in two of the runs.
 Schwartz and Brouthers both played star games, Schwartz having seven chances, three of them assists, and Brouthers three assists. neither player ever having the suspicion of an error.
 Pat Millerick played first base. Null laney being sick, and played the bag perfectly with six putouts and one as- sist.
 In the outfeld i've chances were taken perfectly. Thornton getting an assist from left field.
 Busch had a bad day. his two errors responsible for two of the three runs, Yeager's error letting in the other run, an errorless game being player with the exception of these misplays Bill Evans played fast game for the Pirates with six perfectly accepted chances while he got two of the seven hits.
 Smith had six chances, but lost one of them, getting a couple of hits, while Swann fielded his position in great shape with five assists.
 Taken altogether 1t was by long odds the hardest fought game that the Climbers have had since coming home on this last trip. and if it Is a forecaste of the games to be played this week the local fans have some rich treats in store for them.
 With one out in the first inning Evans hit safe, but the next two were disposed of.
 Brouthers. the first man up in the last half. hit safe. Schwartz tried to sacrifice him. but Swann ran in on the bunt and threw Brouthers out at second. Molesworth crashed out two bagger to left and Schwartz scored. Millerick struck out, but Oldring beat out a hit to Hess. Molesworth tried to score on 1t, but Weikdrt got the ball to Grafius In time to stop him at the plate.
 With two out in the last of the sec ond Yeager hit safe to right. Hale hit a hot one. but Weikart was in the way and got the line hit without moving out of his tracks.
 In the first of the third with two out,