The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-06
Maxwell's Poor Form Was Cause fad Showing by the Climb
 ers-Features of Game.

Maxwell was all to the bad yesterda5 and Daddy vaughan's people had an easy thing of it, winning the first gan 6
 of the Birmingham reries by a score Q; 5 to 2
 Just what was the matter with Max well only he himself knows, but he did not have anything at all. except
 o69s6' .s ewrs,s Of spees H sis
 bases on balls and hit two batters. To make matters worse. he was hit for
 eight safeties, four of them two-bag-
 gers, fogr of Of these hits ipsludins
 the eighth inning. He was given mag
 nificent support, Busch's error, whioi.
 did not cost anything, being the only
 misplay made by the team back of hiti
 The feature of the game was Jean Curtis's sensational, catch of wilhelms $ fly in the third inning while Busch $
 stop of Dale Gears hit in the eighth
 Kid Busch and Houtz led the hitting
 for the Climbers with couple each
 Schwartz, Curtis. Hausen and McAleese
 getting the other four.
 and. with a little dumb work on the part of the Climbers, his game was pus
 on velvet: While. he gave four bases the eigkt hits made were scattered,
 except in the ninth inning. With two out in the third. Maxwell gave Moiesworth a base on bals. Ds,s . In the sixth. Maxwell's lack Of controi started 1t again He hit smith. ehe fifth man up Then his amateurish work in not promptly throwing smith out at second on Walters hit to him. gave both runners a life. Then, wlta one out. Mathews's second hit Of the game scored the man that had ocen hit by the ball In the eighth. Maxwell was horribly punished. four punched hits. two of them two-baggers. with. a base on balls. put in three runs, mak- After one man had been retired In the last of the ninth, the Climbers De- gan hitting, four punched hits, includ- ! I ing Curtis's two-bagger, putting III couple of runs and saving shutou- Maxwell started things with a whiri. lMelesworth and Gear striking out and Houtz getting Montgomery's fly.
 hit N to Montgomery ont % = a and fly to oyier
 in the last half and MrJlaney on a fly to Smith.
 smith struck out in the second apd I Walters was out on a fly to Mu1lAney. oyIer walked and stole second. Busch fumbled Mathews hit and then neat trick was worked. Mathews started ball to Maxwell. oyler starting for third. Like flash Maxwell threw the
 ball to Perry and oyier was caught
 Perry and Curtis were out on a hit
 to Montgomery and a fly to Moles-
 worth in the last half, Busch hit safe and stole second. going to third on
 Mathews wild throw. Hausen walked Wilhelm.
 Vaughn was out on hit to Schwartz in the third. Wilhelm sent fly to left
 field that Curtis by a remarkable run and catch. got with one hand just be- fore 1t hit the ground Maxwell then
 gave the second base on balls of tho game and one that resulted in a run.
 Molesworth walked and scored on Dale Gears two bagger. Montgomery ending Houtz hit one at Lou Walters in the last half and by sprinting beat It
 out, sliding into first. going to second
 on Schwartz's hit to Wilhelm and to place but MuI1aney was out on a fly | to Molesworth
 Smith was out on a fly to Curtis in the fourth and Walters on foul to Hausen Cyler and Mathews his safe l in succession but Mullaney made a great stop of Vaughn's hit.
 l Perry and Curtis were out on flies
 to Molesworth and Oyler in the last
 half Busch hit!safe again but Hausen
 Curtis robbed Wilhelm of another hit l in the fifth, getting his fly by a great catch. Molesworth walked and stole second. Gear was out on fly to Ap- Maxwell was out on a hit to Oyier in the last half. Houtz walked and slid into second going to third on
 Mathews bad throw. Schwartz was
 out fly to oyler and Apperious struck
 Smith was hit by the ball in the
 sixth. Walters hit one to Maxwell There was plenty of time for him to
 throw Smith out at second. but he
 the ball until Null yelled to him to
 throw it to second. When he dia
 throw it was too late and both runners