The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-05
STARKELL THE HERO.
Cuts Down the Mighty Delehanty in .
 Crisis,

TWO tnOTOuSTDTeuS ihS w" H the home stretch neck and neck. the with with every ounce of energy they possess 7. and wildly excited banks banks . of humanity maniacs: closely contested Presidentfal elections with returns from one doubt full State to determine the contest; these are heart-rending in the excitement or the moment, but for nerve,racking. heart breaking excitement. nothing has ever been witnessed in Montgomery to gins's. matinee hall yesterday after noon.
 Excitement-why. anything else In this line ever experienced in Montgom- with the score standing to 0 in favor of the Pretzels and one out in the last half of the ninth inning. the bases wers the time honored joke about the terriflc strain on one's nervous system became d living, breathing, burning reality. so ful. Whom the man on third was thrown out at the plate, and Frank Delehanty the mighty swatsman. who is at on'- the pride and joy of Slagtown. followed the incomparable Mr. Casey-and struck out with the bases full and why then it was that the very windows rattled in the Castle Higgins and peo- pie in the street halted in an1azement dC the CEClOn1C OA sound that. with rushing roar, swept out of the building. :.
 It was a glorious victory. but out of the midst of all the wild cheering that greeted that never-to- be forgotten ninth inning. one name hoated like an aureoie out of storm cloud-the one word. starkell.. If ever in this world of the enconiums and fattering plau- dits paid him. that man was the young ster who came to Montgomery last York Americans--starkell It was a wonderful game that the Pretzel pitcher worked, duplicating his last game of the Nashville double der, Up to the the hits had been made off him. one each in the second and fourth innings, while his cotrol had been marvellous, not having given base on balls and striking out two men. This. together with the bril- liant. perfect. gingery snap and go that the team behind him put into their as a lot of women in front of a danger s-looking cow Rip Reagan pitched a game that would ordinarily win nine out of ten--except in the second inning; he kept his hits so scattered that like snake with his fangs drawn they were absolutely, harmless. In the sec ond inning the Pretzels punched their hits, and. like that man of Artemus terest in the game"
 The crowd at the. morning matinee wheb n whe of ths hsa arsess psS so ed was as much outclassed by the enormous crowd that packed the hall to its standing capacity in the after Birmingham aggregation in both games yesterday. No more strenuous or insistent roofing could be done on ball field than was done at the mat Hes Mss yeSeer9ayl pretty loud efhS When Maiansy y brought Molesworth over the plate with the run that won the game in the 1hs Mnsn od%s %ss sS9 xsfx Mullaney made the fast double in the seventh inning-but when Delehanty struck out with the bases full in the ninth pandemonium broke loose: Lynch was out on hit to Vaughn in the first. Olding beat out an infield hit. Schwartz hit by third. but was out Hafford was out on fly to I.awler. Miller, hit: but was caught stealing second and Hennesy was out on fly to Molesworth.
 Brouthers was out on a hit to Ship | py in the second Molesworth hit safe to left. stole second and scored on one of Mullaneys pinch hits that are as reliable aohny as anything or that natqTt h,, to Brouthers in the last half. Smith hit safe. but Matthews was out on q l fly to Lynch and smith was caught | stealing second
 starkell was out on a fly to Smith Lynch walked. but Oldng was out or | 8 fly to Delehanty and Schwartz on q | fly to Smith. It was one. two, three with Birmingham in the last half and
 the same thing with the Pretzels ir the first of the fourth.
 | Miller hit safe for them in the last half. but the side was retired.
 | In the fifth there were six men UT or both sides and while Lynch hi safe in the sixth and was sacrificed tt second by Olding. the next two mer were down. l In the seventh with two down Mul | Ianey walked. but was thrown ou' with one cut Hennessey beat out ai | infeld hit. but on Delehanty's hit tC | Olding there was the double.
 In the eighth there were three u! 1 and three 1cwn on both sides. anc 1T
 the first of the ninth with one out Schwartz hit safe. Brouthers hit saf, and Schwartz got to third. Moleswortf
 walked and the bags were full: agar
 then the roofing at the matinee as
 sumed businesslike proportions. But
 L.awlor died on . fly to Hafford ant Mullaney on a hit to Shippy. Ther | the room assumed q deathiikc stili- ness.
 In the last half with one out Wilkit Clark was sent to bat In Reagan
 place, going to first when he was hil
 by the ball and getting to third or Hafords o-bagger. Miller was hi,
 and the bags were full.
 Then the silence became very stil
 and pitiful.
 Hennessey hit to Starkell who fred the ball to Millerick just in time te pinch Clark as he dashed to the plate
 This left two out and men began tS find their breath again. but Franf