The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
PELICANS WIN
 IN II INNINGS Long Contest Goes to New Orleans. LEO WALSHPROvES VERY WILD Has Splendid Control at Times, But Loses Own Game. Montgomery Eaters Hit Philips Hard And Are In The Lead At Times
 But It Is without
 Avail.

The Pelicans won out yesterday by a score of 5 to 4, but 1t took eleven in- nings to decide it, making three extra inning games out of the five played on this Western trip.
 Leo Walsh was in against "Silver Bill" Phillips, and from the lack of control shown by the blonde Texan and the poor fielding game put up by the team back of him the Pelicans should have won the game hands down. Walsh had phenomenal baseball luck and time after time he pulled out of ugly holes, his ,steadiness at times being splen- did.
 On the other hand the Montgomery team should have won the game easf- ly. Phillips being batted all over the lot. The ancient twirler had splendid control, however, and this with the sharp fielding back of him saved him several times.
 Walsh gave seven bases on balls and the eleventh inning being due to Walsh hitting batter. Walsh played in re- markable luck, but lost his own game at the end.
 Sam Apperious started in the game but was sick and Malarky had to take his place. Joe Rickert was hurt and Manuel took his place.
 Houtz hit safe in the first and was sacrificed by Ball Hausen was out on a fly to Sabrie and Baxter drove a
 
 bounded of. Houtz getting to third and Baxter to first. McCann lost the chance of scoring by going down on a hit to Atz
 The first run came in the last half Walsh hit Nadeau, the first man up. Nadeau getting to second on Beecher's sacrifice. Rickert walked and Nadeau counted on Sabrie's drive to center. Then there was a double steal, Rickert getting to third and sabrie to second. The squeeze was attempted then, Cas- ton bunting in front of the plate. Sea baugh was too quick for him and Rick thrown out at first. Walsh filled the bags by hitting Atz, but luck was with him and Gatins was out on fly to Baxter.
 In the second Malarky's crew tied the score. Apperious hit safe and was baugh's two bagger to right. Sea baugh reached third on Walsn's hit to Gatin's but Houtz was out on fly to Gaston.
 The Pelicans united it in the last half Mathews was out on a hit to Walsh. Phillips walked and got to third on Nadeau's two bagger. Walsh Rs,r ss the RsHsr sags gsn sTcS Ky oyt walkns ans Walsh forced in the run by walking Sabrie, Phillips scoring. Gaston hit to Ball and Sabrie was forced out at sec ond.
 In the third Montgomery tied 1t again. With one out Hausen hit safe. but was forced at second on BaXter's s hit to Sabrie. Baxter scoring on Mo Cann's two bagger.
 In the last half of the third Atz hit safe and Walsh hit Phillips, but there was no run.
 In the fourth change was made in the Pelican lineup. Nadeau going to left, Manuel to right. Rickert being out of the game.
 With one out Seabaugh got his sec ond hit of the game, hits by Walsh and Houtz filling the bags. Then the squeeze was brought into play, Ball bunting to Phillips and Seabaugh dash ing over the plate, tieing the score again. Ball got safe at first and Walsh at third. Then Hausen drove hot one that hit Beecher in the hand and bounded off, Walsh scoring. Baxter hit line drive that Beecher caught, and as Houtz had started home there was a double. But the score was now 4 to in favor of Montgomery
 The Pelicans tied 1t up again in the last of the seventh, when Gaston led off with a three bagger, Atz walked, Gatins hit to Perry and Gaston was out in a chase, Atz and Gatin scoring on Mathews hit
 Nothing was done then until the last of the eleventh, when Sabrie was hit by the ball., reached second on Perry's wild throw to Baxter of sSaston's bunt, and scored on Atz's hit to right, Mo- Cam making a bad throw to the plate.
 This gave the Pelicans the game by a score of to 4.
 The score was.