The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-28
THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE
CAN BEAT SHREVEPORT As EASY - AS LITTLE ROCK.
Durrett's Daisies Are Playing No Fla vOrites These Days-Au Teams Go Down Be.
 fore Them.

through with them yesterday afteT- noon Bob Gilks and his crew of bold buccaneers bore close resemblance to four fushes and very rank four hushes at that.
 The terrific hitting and lightning fielding of, the Pretzels simply swept them of their feet and on one or tto memorable occasions had them so high in the air that it would have taken parachute to get them to earth again: Swann seemed to have been sent to batting averages of Oldfing ct al, for the bunch of Pretzels hit him just at let's invariably coming when a nit meant one or mote runs.
 Oldring and Schwartz again led the hitting with three apiece; Broutnsrs gsttns Mhle ons each A remarkable feature of the game was the work of the infield-or rather tie pitching that Starkell made possible. teen of them being in the infield, the other two being files that Molesworth caught.
 Schwartz and Brouthers each had nine chances and one error each Old ring had four chances while one of the two errors charged to him was on such a hard chance that 1t Is question . able. While there were lots of errors errors going after everything-in fact the Montgomery public just now Is watch ing National League bataball in a Uni off off starkeil arkni and % his control was spien- did, only one base on balls and three strikeouts. The feature of the game was easily th-t spectacular catch of long ways to see and it Is possible that the local fans will never, witness an other like 1t. ~
 Smith. aud Kennedy were out in the ring. Abstein hit for two bags, but Hanley was out on a hit to Brouthers.
 In the last half; Swann let the Fret gels down in rotation. ., CTS fumbled Evanss hit. Miller struck out and schwarS was nlnsy little slow RH aH around to third and was steaming for the plate on Fritz's hit. Mullaney shot the ball to Yeager, and Evans tried to get back to third. Yeager had thrown there was q chase by. .Brouthers and Yeager. Mullaney running in from first and finally getting the putout- It was an uncomfoTtablvg close place-the least judging from the lightning game that Manager Durrett's Pretzels are play ing, there is small chance of an error. and went to second on Durretts sacri- flee. scoring on Mullaney's drive to center. Oldring was hit on the head Ysager sent fly to right and Dldrirs that Hanley had caught the ball ran back to first. Hanley dropped the fly, and as both Yeager and Oldring could out. Then starkeli walked. hlilng the bags, and Mullaney was forced in when Molesworth walked, but, Busch was out on a hit to Smith, ending the
 It was one. two. three with the Pi- rates In the third and in the last half, Schwartz beat out an infield hit: Brouthers hit one that Evans h scSopeSS dropped the ball at second. and both runners were safe. Durrett bunted out. Hess got Mullaney's forl and Schwartz scored on oldring's drive, Millerlck. who went behind the bat when Yeager hurt his finger, striking out.
 Hess hit safe in the fourth. but the other three men were disposed of. the Pretzels going out in order in the last half.
 The feature of the game came in the fifth, when Brouthers made marvel was out in the left foul line. and there was not a human being. on The grounds that had the remotest idea that Brouth- CTS could even get in striking distance. CTS managed to get within few feet of where the swiftly falling ball was coming down with the speed of an ex- press train & I. looked like, like sreuthers n.oti run he threw out his right hand and grabbed the ball. squeezing 1t and mak- catch ever seen on bali field The ef- feet on the grandstand was almost comical. Did you ever have a dash ol icy water hurled In your face on q moment the breath left everybody in the stand and gasping sound was heard. The next moment there was . deluge of sound as tihmpui;siveiy men .;,n nnd and yelled and yelled. If there had been nothing in the game except tH!s catch that alone would have made i, handled easily, and that half of the in.
 The last half was made extremely uncomfortable for young MT. Kinloct again with the sticks that are becom- ing terror in this league. and both the Pirate pitcher and his In and out field went to pieces so badly that even fragments. Charlie Schwartz started the Shreveport catastrophe by pastine the round bit of horeshide out to cen ter, field. Then Brouthers. met the the plate. Fritz bounced down on it but he made the throw so quickly to head of the fleetfooted Brouthers that instead of landing in Abstein's nit the ball hurtled merrily over by the ex- treme end of the bleachers, Schwartz scoring and Brouthers getting tc third. Durrett was out, Mullaney hit scored a run. Brouthers coming in on it. Millerick was out on fly sl Kennedy, Starkell sent fly to the same place and the Pirate outfieldei promptly. dropped 1t, Mullaney SCOT got tangled up with himself on. Old Ting scoring, but Busch ended 1t witt a fly to Smith. four runs had beer put over. leaving the score to 0 1T favor of "we'uns.'
 Smith started the sixth with a clear drive to center. Kennedy was out or a hit to Schwartz. Abstein hit saf, and Smith got. to third. Hanley hi to Oldring and in his eagerness t' with the first run of the game. Ab stein scoring on Hess's drive to left Evans walked but on Miller's hit tt Oldring, Hess and Miller were doubled
 Schwartz hit safe in the last hal but on Brouthers hit to Smith there was a double, Durrett ending 1t with { hit to Abstein.
 It was one. two three with the Pi rates in the seEenth dt fnd hodk in the ias runs, with one down oldring got hi. third hit of the game, stole second anC scored on Starkelfs hit. Fritz threw to second to catch Molesworth. Smitl scoring on either side and the gam, ended that way. The score was:
 Shreveport. AB R BH 20 A s@itn, EqIns say, ss' of. .::::: .::.:::: l a ] .
 Handley, If. ::.....: 4 9 9 l