The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-18
GlNGERY BALL GAME
CLARK GRIFFITH,s TEAM WON IN
 SEVENTH.
Gardner and Gilbert Did Fine Box Work for O'Brien's Locals, But ClarksOn's slow Drop
 Was Fatal.

For six innings of just about as gin- gery, snappy baseball as one cares 70 see oBriens Pretzeis ;fss, ysslIdsirsy yesldins bara- est-hitting aggregations known to the world of baseball.
 It is a muchly- -mooted question as to oBrien, Clark Griffith or the amazed and delighted fans who looked and wondered and cheered.
 Rube Gardner pitched for the Fret gels last summer. but never since no has been in Montgomery has he shown the form that he did yesterday. He IS a good deal heavier than he was last troI of the slow ball that was such a
 puzzle to visitors last year, but he seems to have acquired change or
 pace that materially steadies and de-
 he pitched, he only gave one base on balls, while but three scattering hits were made off him, and the Yankees were blanked with precision that was The crowd behind Gardner gave him
 most admirable support. Every man or
 them put his whole heart in his work, and results speedily followed. The only. thing that had tinge of errorism about it was when Gilbert
 misJudged fly out in right field. And
 1t was such palpable case of misjuda. | ment that 1t would be unjust to give | the big fellow a black mark for 1t. The improvement shown in the work I Of the entire team was most radical | and most gratifying. If there is much faster ball in the Southern League this 1 summer, Judge Kavanaugh will be at
 the head of a pretty fast outfit The | most marked improvement shown was
 In the work of Frank Shannon-a class | of work styled excellent" on a school | teachers report. He had ten chances, | three putouts and seven assists, and I accepted every one of them faultlessly.
 his throwing to first being swift ana | true.
 Brouthers and Schwartz also played | snappy ball, while Pat Millerick han dled the Initial bag perfectly. making | jam-up infield.
 Baker, the local amateur, again played remarkable game, showing up better in the outfield than he has on | first base. He had six chances out in the garden that Ike Durrett formerly did stunts in, and accepted them all in faultless style. stinging the ball for a ed-hot single.
 Molesworth. Schwartz, Brouthers.
 Gardner. Gilbert and Mickey o'Brien were the others to hit safe. O'Brien caught a neat game, the good-natured frishman working with an energy that
 infused life into everybody.
 The first nun pulled over by the Pret-
 gers was the result of clean team
 work. Molesworth lined out a scream
 Ing ground ball. was sacrificed by shannon. and brought hume by Schwartzs hit.
 Gilbert started In with possibly more speed than ne mas shown yet, ana ne seemed to have good control of tlie drop that he makes effective. but In
 the seventh inning a combination of
 Clark Griffith's strenuous coaching.
 with some punched hits, put the first
 and only runs of the game over for tho Yankees: The tallies footed up four however, and won the game for them. When Walter Clarkson began feeding | the Pretzels with that slow drop and perfect control of his, it was all off | with little Willie" as far as breaking into the run column for the Pretzels any more. Not even the faintest scratch did they get off the ex-Harvard
 boy who did nothing but pitch base
 bail. and championship, mid-season baseball at that.
 The score was: