The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-24
Fine Watch Given to Manager Isaac
 Durrett. CLIMBERS LOST
 TO EGYP HANS Enthusiasm of Fans Knew
 No Bound. Solicitor Dent Made Speech Expressing Admiration of Citisens for the Ball PIayers--Members of Team Leave for Home.

Fully 1000 persons-half of whom were ladies--saw the closing baseball game of the Southern League season dt Athletic Park yesterday afternoon They saw Memphis defeat Montgomery and they saw Manager Isaac Durrett presented with a handsome gold watch and chain by baseball enthusiasts Of Montgomery.
 The splendid ovation given the Mont gomery, team. has never had parallel in the history of professional baseball in this section of the country.
 the final game of the 1905 season by a score of 10 :, but the score was mere ly an incident with the big crowd
 Shortly adter ls o'clock yes,srdsy s1sn s,ar, the ing extra cars from the city to Ath- letic Park. Even that early every car that left Court Square was crowded By 1 o clock the crowds CT people walt ing for cars became so large that the Traction Company officials realized that although they already had a uumDer Of rolling stock supply was totally mad equate to the enormous demand and that unless more cars were put on the line they would be swamped. To save themselves they took all the cars that could be spared from the Capitol Heights and Lawrence Street lines. Long lines of these cars were parked Un Court Square and before they had their capacity. At every corner crowds of people scrambled on the already overloaded cars. A solid mass of men hung on. the running boards of every car. On the front and rear platforms ladies were packed in so closely that 1t was impossible to move after being ladies ladies hung on as best they could in the aisIes while men had to swing on by eyelashes and hand grips.
 The scene on Dexter Avenue near CnnFf SnnaF0 reEa0nhlad a a and how all of this great throng man- aged to get on the cars was a wonder. But they did. for this crowd was de- termined to ssee Montgomery's great ball team in the farewell game. And then rumors of something that was go- ing to happen to Ike Durrett made the game keener And something most as- suredly did happen to the popular man ager4. of. the Climbers, something that the entire city of Montgomery thor
 Not even with the largest Sunday crowds of 1903 has such a crush been seen at Athletic Park as was the case cal park is possibly the largest in the Southern circuit, and long before Um- pire Ehret called play, every seat in the grand stand was filled, while peo- pie were sitting on the steps in every aisle from the top to the bottom. Some months ago extra bleachers had to be erected at the grounds, making long
 
 gate to the right field fense Yester- day the crowd on the bleaehers was one huge bank of humanity. Numbers room in the grandstand, walked down to the right field bleachers and sat in the sun during the entire game, while rows and rows of men lined the fence in front of the bleachers.
 The riot and blaze of color in the grandstand transformed that structure Into a huge aureole--one gigantic cIus- ter of American Beauties.
 The tremendous crowd, with the bevy of femininity in the grandstand, had the effect of, for once in his ca resr. taking all power, of speech from !cs acomo s back % When Scrap IF Iron lOf Beeehep CT handed him some Of his side remarks.
 Just before the time for calling the Manager Durrett, with the request that he pin one on each of the team as he went on the field. As the Climbers started put on a run. as. in 'he old ia, a carnation pinned on his uniform. Ana the roar that went up from the stands was something inspiring: Not. to be Beecher found for himself a Trapped corn tassel--one that had seen better days-and spreading it all over the front of his uniform. marched proudly into mysteries when he gravely made an obeisance to Millerick and Red Eh- ret that Sir Roger De Coverly, would ter. got his ny.. though, and the next two men were disposed of.
 Continuing their custom to the very last, the Climbers began scoring In the first inning. Brouthers hit safe to right and went to second when Brown let 1t get by him. He went to third on Schwartz's. sacrifice. Boyd dropped MoIesworth's fly, Brouthers scoring and MOlesworth going to second Molesworth scoring on Oldring's long drive to center.
 Kid. Busch started the second. with a two-bagger to left, going to third on Millerick.s hit to Cam Dungan. and scoring on Roy Hale's long fly to suggs. Schwartz hit safe in the third and stole second, going to third on MoleSworth's hit tO Dungan. scoring on Yeager's drive to center.
 With the score standing to c against them. the Egyptians began slugging the ball in the first of the fifth and tied the score Lew Walters started 1t with a two-bagger to left and scored on Sugg's safe hit to cen ~~M~~~A~~~~~~~~~~.