The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-22
Atlanta Was Beaten--ScOre
 10. Tn Pitchers' Battle Between starixell and aforen, Montgomery Nosed Claim AIls Out of Game i'm
 Eighth Inning.

Eighth Inning.
 When Molesworth's resounding two- terday afternoon, The Climbers had won the first game of the Atlanta series and
 It Is possible that the people of Mont gomery will never again witness a game of baseball like yesterdays. It exhibition of the national game that has ever been played on a Montgomery ball field. It was a battle of pitchers o ana sba Saea 1a 1ay nd three off Moren. Starkeli gave four bases on balls, but his remarkable con trol and steadiness with men on bases, rendered the free transportations en- tirely harmless. Moren had also pitch ed grand ball. the three bases on balls given by him up to the last half of the thing thing. In that I innins. however. the terrific roofing of the now thoroughly frenzied fans put him up in the air, and before he had rubbed the haze out
 The box was not the only thing that made the game worth while, for never brilliant, and at times. sensational sup: port that was accorded Starkell and Moren. Keyed up to veritable wire edge the eighteen sd pidaysrs, rs ax,hg snns ou mp ster. superbly regulated, piece of mech
 With not the slightest friction. not even a suspicion of halting or biunder- ing. the in and outfields on both sides went after everything, and always go' what they went after.
 To show the lightning game that was being put up, the first five innings were played in something over forty min utes. an even twenty men facing star kell and seventeen facing Moren up .o that time two hits had been made on Starkell. Jordon's in the second ana Ar chers in the third. and one on Moren, mad given two and Moren one base on balls. At ten minutes past ocIocK the game was over, 1t having been played in one hour and twenty-five mih-
 While every one of the eighteen men nut up a remarkable game, RightneIder Thornton of The Climbers bore on tne The piucky little fellow broke three palinEs of the right field fence in bis successful endeavor to get line drive. twoebagger while he was the only man on either side to get two hits, his two baRger in the eighth winning the game.
 Crozier, Rickert and Winters or tne while in the infleld oldring,. Schwartz. Morse and Jordan did sensational work as did also Mullaney, Brouihers ana
 VT While Miiierick and Archer had each n nassed bali, still neither pfoved ex. persive, and the catching and throw ceIient. There was not an error on either side, the only semblapee or one one being when terrific drive got the pest of Greusbsrs oidTiIng Plsying ball 1n risnds asnd getting Jordan out at secoud
 In short, it was easily the most bril- liant game of ball ever played at Ath. tho two to be piayed, local fans have rich treat ahead of them.
 The only thing that marred an other. wise perfect aIterhoon trdnt csrs the current going uff for nearly ten min. utes lust before the game, ana twice on the return journey after the gatmhe: ne
 just before the time for calling the game kept a great many people from soing out, the crowd being unusually Nobiett walked in the first inning and went to second on Dick Croziers sac rifce, getting to third on George Win ter's hit to Oldring. Tnat was n, as ihr hn1S 1s ever, as the best big Bob stanord couid easily. Ao,s Thornton tried to sacrifice him, put there was a bit too much smoke on the balls that Moren was shooting over the plate and he buntsd out. scnwartd5 nd shot to Morse who was covering sec ond, stopping Molesworth, Whitey nr- ing 1t to stafford at first, stopping
 The first hit of the game came in the second, when Dutch Jordan dropped one just out of Schwartz's reach, gong Rickert smashed one that was pretty strenuous and Jordan thinking that oldring would juggle the ball had started to third. The Atlanta manager Right In thinking that the hard hit drive would phase Oldring. but wrong in thinking that the Climber shortstop of time. Like a flash of lightning Old ring recovered and shot the ball to Schwartz before Jordan could scamper back to that bag. Then ole Rickert slipped a cog in his calculating ma chinery. He has the reputation of be- ing one of the fastest base-runners in the Southern League, but yesterday he fiich bag from Pat Millerick, the big Climber backstop throwing him out easily.
 a safe drive to left field, the first hit of Moren. Dick Crozier pulled down Mullaney's fly and Durrett tried the same thing on Archer that Rickert had tried on MiIIerick, try of a steal Archer proved to be from Missouri, however, and Uncle Isaac" was thrown out.
 In the first half of the third came the | first pretty play of the game. Archer | had pounded out a hit that looked good | for two bags, Molesworth running over and by a great stop knocking 1t down and robbing Archer of his extra base hit, but the latter getting to second on Moren's sacrifice and 70 third on Nob- lett's hit to Schwartz. Millerick made everybody feel better by getting Cro- zier's foul.
 Oldring was out on hit to Moren in the last half, Millerick on a fly to Crozier and Starkell on a hit to Moren three up and three down.
 In the first half of the fourth Thorn ton made the most spectacular play of | the game when he pulled Winters long 1 fly down within a few inches of the right field fence. So close was he when he got the ball that he crashed into the fence, knocking down one of the panels. He squeezed the ball. though, and the cheers that he received were deafening. Stafford walked, Molesworth got Jordan's fly and Morse drove one at Brouthers that the fast third baseman swung on to and got his man at first. Molesworth was out on a hit to Morse in the last half, Thorn ton on foul to Noblett and Schwartz walked. but Archer threw him out, stealing second.
 OIdring got the first two assists in the fifth. Rickert and Archer both hitting
 balls where he could get his hands on them Moren walked and Noblett