The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-20


 The baseball season opened and the Montgomery team lost its first game with Birmingham.
 This was the agoniZing story ticked over the wires yesterday afternoon.
 Long before the hour for calling the game Tn Birmingham Jack H1gglnss baseball matinee hall was packed with one of the largest crowds that eyer ct tended a telegraphic account or the game in Montgomery. The old famil- lar faces of dyed-in- -the-wool fans Who stuck to the Pretzels even through those horrible months last summer, smiled cheeriiy across the hall at each other.
 gels was put on the board with Shie- beck in center and Barry in right the first looks of disappointment spread over the faces of the hundreds of men in the hall.
 Refusing to take The Advertiser advice to leave for Birmingham Tues day night Manager O'Brien waited ln- til yesterday morning to leave with the team. Notice had been given the players that they would leave on the S:25 train, but q wreck on the Mobile and Montgomery division or the L-onis, vile and Nashville made that tr1in several hours late in leaving Mont, gomery. So the team left on the iocdl train at ' o'clock Knowing nothlnS went down to the station in time to take the S:25 train, but the team had been gone an hour and a half and the hard hitting centerfielder of the Pret- gels was unable to start for Birming- ham until about 1 D. m. taking his place in centerfield in the last half Of the sixth inning.
 Shiebeck was not expected to do much but 1t was distinct disappointment that Busch was not played Tn right field instead of Barry though Barry showed up better than he has since joining the team. getting two of the hits
 Jack Lee was in great shape and the Vaughnites could not do anything with him until the last half of the eighth inning when a couple of bunG"ed ikts and Shannon's juggle of Deieh2ntys hit scored two runs
 In the ninth the Pretzels came near making a whirlwnd finish when Char lie Schwartz.and Dan Brouthers each gle to left. Only one run over the plate, however. It was on the cards for Birmingham to win the first game which they did most decisively.
 Lynch was the first man to face Ra- gan ana he went down on hit that "Piggie" Ward handled nicely. Vaughn pulled down Shannons fly and Fred Moore got Schwartz's hit over to first in time to end the inning
 Hafford was out on hit to Lee, the heavy hitting Dusty" Miller struck out and Ward was out on nit to
 BroutheIs struck out in. the second. Shiebeck drew a walk, Barry struck out, but there was wild pitch and the newest recruit of the Pretzels landed on second, scoring on Dominick Mul- laney's crashing two-bagger But Pat Millerick ended the inning with a hit to HafCrd
 Vaughn was out on fly to Shiebeck in the last half. Delehanty was out on a fly to shannon and Murdock on hit to the same place.
 Lee was out on a hit. to Ward in rne third, Lynch struck out and Shannon was out on fly to Moore:
 Clark struck out in the last half. made off Lee, lifting the ball just past Schwartz. He was too venturesomc, however. and Mullaney ana Schwartz chased him down on the line between fly to Shiebeck
 Schwartz walked In the fourth. but was forced out on Broutherss hit lo Ward. ShIebeck striking out
 The first base on balls that Lee had given came in the last half, Hafford drawing it. Miller attempted sacri- ford going to third and Miller to second. Ward and Vaughn both went out on hits to Lee, but HaffOrd scored on the last play, Miller being nailed at the plate.
 Barry hit safe to left in the fifth. Mullaney was out trying to sacrifice Millerick was out on fly to Dele hanty and Lee struck out.
 lJGltndHly uIbNe one at lSPt that was too hot to handle in the last half, going to second on Murdock's sacrifice but Clark was out on hit to Brouth- CTS and Moore on a fly to Schwartz
 Lynch was out on fly to Miller Tn the sixth, shannon on hit to Half ford and Schwartz struck out.
 Molesworth went in center in the sixth inning. Ragan was out on hit to Shannon. Hafford pounded out a hit down the third base line that was good for two bags. There was a wrangIe as to whether it was fair or foul, but the arbiter of the game de- cided that it was fair Miller crash ed out another two-bagger and Half