The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-25
POOR. WORK
LOSES GAME
Malarky's Men Start Out
IN Cowed Fashion.
MAXWELL HIT FREELY IN PINCH
Montgomery Infield All Changed
Around.
EIsey, Bali and Busch Play First. Seq.
ond and Short--Local Men Hit
Fairly Well But Not
Opportunity.

In about the punkest exhibition ever
put up on a professional ball field. the
locals yesterday went out with a bright
yellow streak up their backs and let
birmingham make monkeys out of them
to the tune of to /.
Ginger Clark and Bert Maxwell were
put IN TO chunk EN- over and while
the hits We're pretty nearly even, Clark
was enective to q degree with men
on base. while whenever Birmingham
needed . a nit to bring in run. that
FROM the way the Birmingham bat
ters were hitting the ball, Maxwell
seemed made to order for them. He
good game of ball, while the support
back of him was something SO excru-
clatingly rank that big case of dis
gust was tnocculated into everybody
In the first place the infield was all
changed Nye not being able to work
and Ball going to second. with Heine
Busch at short OF course Nye's be-
ing hurt could not be helped, but it
looked pretty bad to see Ratchford
taken Off first and Elsey put back
there. Ratchford has been playing
good ball of late and it is hard to see
the sense in moving him as in the
good. e
There were several chances yester-
day Tor the locals to score runs If not
to win the game. but the necessary hit
on the field at the start of the game
with a cowed kind of look There was
absolutely no life in their work and
they were beaten at the start.
One thing that Disguised the crowd
and took all, the life out of everybody
was the fact that for the second time
In the last two weeks President Kav-
umpire sent to Montgomery. Yester-
day Connors and Turner had to UNI
pire. All in all 1t was a Thoroughly
aisgusted crowd that left the grounds
Not a hit had been made off Maxwell
up TO the third inning, but in the third
WATERS the frst man I'D. walked and
got to second on Clrk's slow infeid
scored, Clark getting to third, both
scoring on Smiths hit smith went to
third on Rube Gamers hit to Maxwell.
put was caught trying to work the
squeeze, with Montgomery at bat
Montgomery walked and got to third,
When Hansen threw wide to Ball. All
cock ended the agony with line fiy
to Busch.
In the last half the locals had
beautiful chance to score Mccain had
gone to second on Allcock's wild throw
TO Lister and to third on Maxwelrs hit
TO Clark. Then would have been the
time for the squeeze or even a hit hut
Busch struck out. Hansen ending~it
with hit to Clark.
The only run of the locals came in
the last of the fourth. Carlos Smith
nad made grand running catch of
Sam Apperious's hit, Montgomery drop-
ped Perry's fly, Elsey walked and Mike
Mccain got the only pinch hit made by
the locals Perry scored but Maxwell
ended it by striking out
In the sixth Maxwell struck out
Clark, Wordsworth and Smith in suc
cession.
Houtz walked in the last half and
stole second. Busch was out on a bunt
ny to Lister. Montgomery made a SUI
peru stop of Hausen's drive cutting
on the run and Houtz only getting 10
third. Apperious and Perry were ont
on hits to Clark.
In the seventh Maxwell let in a run
himself. Gardner had hit clean and
was on second by Montgomery's hit 10
Elsey, going to third on a passed ball
Then Allcock hit one TO Maxwell and
Gardner dashed for the PLATE. There
was plenty of time to break I'D tho
squeeze but Maxwell made a miserable
mess of trying to pick up the ball
Gardner scoring and Allcock getting 10
hrst before the pitcher got his fingers
untangled. Lister and Garvin ended n
with hits to Elsey and Busch.
On Molesworth's two Dagger and the
blowing up of the local infield in the
ninth four more runs came in, making
1t to l.
Bill Hansen soaked it for two hays
in the last half as kind of suffering
candle, but nothing resulted and the
game closed with the score 8 to / in
favor of Birmingham.