The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
BACKED BY UMPIRE
WEAK JUDGE OF PLAY DISAP-
 POINTED BIG CROWD.
After Montgomery Had Won the First Game Umpire Refused to Permit
 the Second Contest.

Of all the disgustingly wishy-washy two-legged things called by a great stretch of imagination man, Mo- Laughlin is the limit-such thing as a backbone was evidently omitted from the outfit when his anatomy was be- ing punched together.
 It is barely possible that a more thoroughly incensed and justly indig- nant crowd of fans have ever attended a ball game than the ones at Athletic Park yesterday. Adouble header had been scheduled, but owing to the rain the first game was not called until an Durrett's Climbers as usual literally smothered the Pirates. playing rings around them in every department of the game. played six or eight innings of the second game, but seeing that they were hopelessly outclassed the Shreveport players headed by Emile Fritz began to doing everything in their power to delay things so that it would be i'm possible to play the second game. At the beginning of the ninth inning of the first game Mclaughlin, parrot like, stepped in front of the grand stand and repeated the lesson that had been people.
 'Iadies and gentlemen" he. began. the second game cannot be played as the Shreveport team will have to catch
 
 parady in the shape of umpire got. for a great roar of blended anger and disgust arose from the stands. and the "arbiter' of play was forced to bend his head beneath the storm of sound and cringingly crawl back to the play CTS bench.
 Mclaughlin knew that he was shy ing at the truth when he said that the knew that the Pirates are not scheduled until Monday in Atlanta and that they have thirty-six hours in which to get out of Montgomery and get to Atlanta in time for their schedule. long con ference was then held and the Mont gomery management tried to get him to order the second game. The Pirates did not want to play 1t, however, and they were aware of the fact that they could wind the milk and water umpire around their fingers.
 The double header was scheduled, there was plenty of time to play the second game and whether shreveport wanted to play it or not 1t was noth- make them play or forfeit 1t to Mont gomery. He did neither. however. be- cause he Is McLaughlin-and that is the reason the Climbers only had one game to the good yesterday.
 As has been the case in every game since Durrett assumed the management the Climbers played championship base ball. The hitting was terrific, the HeIulng last ana SlnEeTy anu tHe DdSe- running the same way, the result was logical. The only time that the Pirates had look in was in the first inning when with one out Kennedy hit for two bags. going to third on a wild pitch. Abstein hit to Oldring and Ken nedy started for the plate. but Oldring like a flash shot the ball to Yeager and there was chase of Kennedy by Yeager and Brouthers, Kennedy being caught on the line.
 Hanly walked and with two ont Hess sent a long fly to left that Durrett mis- judged, Abstein scoring. Evans striking out and ending the inning with their only run.
 John McMakin more than upheld the good record he has made since coming to Montgomery and brought in the first run of the game with pinch two-bag- ger in the third inning and brought in sixth. The fielding feature of the game came in the eighth and 1t was double play the like of which has never been seen in Montgomery and possibly mo- Fritz smashed one that Charlie Schwartz threw himself in front of Miller had started for second and as there was not time for Schwartz to tag fraction of a second to think, but shot the ball to Mullaney in time to stop Fritz at first. Mullaney then fired the ball to Oldring who was covering second ana Miller started DAcK 10 nrSt- there was a chase in which Muilaney, Schwartz. Oldring and McMakin kept Miller on the jump finally getting him and completing the best executed double play ever seen in Montgomery.
 With two out in the second Oldring was safe on an infield error. Yeager walked and Oldring scored on Mo- Makin's two-bagger, Yeager going to third. he and McMakin both scoring on Molesworth's drive to right. Moles- worth stole second. but Mclaughlin called him out, the first of his horribly rank decisions.
 Smith made wild throw of Busch's hit in the third, the Kid going to second and getting to third on Schwartz's hit to Smith, scoring on Brouther's infield hit.
 The feature of the fourth inning was Oldring's base running. with one out he hit safe, stole second with slide that left his white uniform a big blot of mud, went to third on Fritz's wild throw to second and scored when Hess threw Yeager's hit to him low to Fritz at the plate.
 Bush crashed out a two-bagger in the