The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-04

terday were divided by Montgoinely and New orleans, the fellcans annd nend tns home team copping the last oy It was the first holiday game eyer given to Montgomery GIagse sn pg tgse southern League schedule. and that Frssiuene kaSanaugh made no mistake III chormg the Labor Day games easarfnwe was proven by crowd that 9ee oaerhomd smd ed the ball yard at Athlete Park anu early in the nrst game made seats seas easy to locate as molars m the housn
 Had the local team been in any kind of respectable position m lS first division, and with any hihu con fighting chance to nnisn ,a 'be hevs Seen Interesting yesterday to see how t1s crowd could have been nahaieo. ,,s would take a person with about stsSn s.,, times the imagination ana optihli,smh. ,',h of even the most rabid of home eiuo fans. to try and delude themseives with the vain hope of afast hnIsn py the Montgomery gs.asn saa oail sis isa' Therefore, the big crowd yesterday was as utterly apathetic as the Sphinx IS wnen a thoughtless tourists make nnklnd marks about the animated efpressoA of her classic profile. o
 The crowd yesterday was DIE one oen of the record crowds or local pasS ball history, but 1t was as entlreIy devoid of enthusiasm as bunch of William goats are of the odor of altar
 The Honorable Cyrus e Townsend snss I'd | the firing line by Melnheer Cholly | Frank for the first game, John Ma ] larky doing the f1inging stunt Tor tne 1 locals The Missouri farmer was peiteu | a wee bit harder than Malarky but he managed to scatter them so that | the swats were in the main narmiess, ] For the hrst two rounds the locatisoh i 4t.a lot Saauad a aS1n- drum to both teams, and by coincI- : dence. the third inning was prolihc or runs for both,
 O'Brien, who, as it developed later, was literally smeared all oyer Wltn long hits. opened the first half or the third with a punch out out snc antp h1saT Rann shoved a fast one just between Kid | Busch and Red Murch for safety to center, that put the Pelican first base rihce but bunted out Joe Rickert hit safe and Rapp got to second. Cargo hit one that Murch knocked down and threw the runner out at first, Rapp go- ing to third Dan Brouthers hit one to Kid Busch, Heine throwing him out
 Then came the feature event of the day. an incident that removed the game from the hundrum class. The local fans are thoroughly familiar with Mullaney's trick of quickly 1oss- \ lnK the Dall DdCk lnlO tHt QldlhOHd oht ter receiving a throw. As 1t turned out the Pelican crew were not as well versed in this bit of legerdemain as
 When MuIianey received the throw from Busch, he tossed the ball back into the diamond. and started for his bench The Pelican people claimed he te dover the plate. At first Umpire Campau thought the ball had been dropped. and was about to allow the
 With the rapidity of thought. this scion of the French Counts. whc pre- sides over Southern League ball games saw the error of his way and reversed his decision. calling Brouthers out ! f and of course. cancelling the RapI run.
 If they had been shot out of a can
 non. the crowd from PelicanviAe could
 not have surrounded ''his umphs" am
 quicker. It was gorgeous. glitterini
 galaxy of .gory growls that tnrev
 formation. For a few moments tn
 September air became almost darl
 with a flow of oratory that exude
 from Messrs; o'Brien, Atz, Brouther
 shakespear would have us believe. tn
 auills stick up on the fretful porcu
 pine.
 Just what was said would probabl
 not bear repetition. but there was
 dark rumor ahoat that MT. U'Bren in
 sinuated that numerous boil weevil
 had made a big lot of blank spaces O
 the interior of Mir Campaus cranium
 Mir Campau. it is said, replied by call
 ing the Pelican crew so many atoms
 and requested them to skidoo. Tn
 atomizer must have done the bushes:
 for auietude once more reigned, thoug
 Meinheer Frank had to be threatene I with expulsion from the field of battl before he stopped his strenuous Ian if guage.
 With one out in the last half tN locals tied the score when Houtz swir l. ed a two sacker to left Hausen h! V to Atz who threw to O'Brien. The lat y ter was so eager to catch Houtz 2 sy third that he was off the bag an 2 Hausen was safe. Houtz sliding int ee third and scoring on Apper.ous' hit { e left.
 Blake started the fourth with a h
 to left and scored when Houtz Is = Punch Knolls's hit get by him. Kno s. getting to third and scoring on Jake s- Atz's hit.
 le No more scoring was done and tn e. game closed with New Orleans wir ie hing by score of 3 to 2. The scof l. was:
 le Second Came