The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-26
LOCALS WIN
In LAST HALF
Nose Out by Score Of 3
to J.
WALSH PITCHES STEADY GAME
Allows But -Four Hits, Scattered
Through Three Innings.
Wordsworth Declares He VIII Protest
the Result Because Perry Col
Iided With Walters in Co.
ing to Second.

With the score standing and in
the ninth inning and Perry on second
base, with none out, Ball smashed a
terrific drive to deep right that
brought Perry and the winning run
over the plate.
1t was a hard fought game of ball
on both sides, though the locals played
a better fielding game than Birmins-
ham. Lee Walsh pitched a much pet
ter game than Tuck Turner. Only
five hits were made off Walsh during
the game and seven off Turner, the
latters lack of control and Allcocks
errors in the sixth inning losing the
game.
through. ONLY in the first inning
were hits punched on, him, two OF
them coming together then, the others
being widely scattered. The run mace
by Birmingh in the first inning, was was
to Mccain dropping Smiths fly.
Both of Montgomery runs In the
sixth were due to Allcocks errors.
some magnificent base running on lne
part of Fred Houtz assisting to prinS
in the first.
The winning run in the ninth in
ming was earned, a couple Of bunch.
ed hits and an infield hit that went
safe doing the business: p,,
Wordsworth, captain OF the Birmlns
ham team, went to the press box ana
stated that he would protest the game
Perry had hit clean and when Ratcn-
ford hit toward second, he started Ior
that bag. Lou Walters was fielding
the ball directly on the base line ano
as Perry was coming down the line
with the speed of an express train ne
naturally had no chance to slow up or
run around Walters, crashing into him
and hurdling him with the prettiest
somersault ever seen In football
game.
Perry landed on his back on the
other side of Walters and scrambled
to second on his hands and knees.
Allcock made a frantic effort to get
the ball to Lister in time, but Ratch-
ford was safe on the bag before he
could get 1t there. Big Walker who
runners safe.
Then ensued one of those extremely
interesting and learned discussions
whish are SO ea bbg Ne rsn
In from center field while. all of the
other Vaughnites made a ring around
the giant pitcher of the locals. From
the stand 1t looked as If Wordsworth
were asking Walker If the atmos-
phere was cool up about his head. It
made not a particle of difference to
Walker whether they were arguing the
Thaw case or the decision in question.
He had given his decision and simply
paid no attention to the Birmingham
team except to casually mention a lit
tie matter of time to them.
Then Wordsworth announced that he
would protest the game and play was
In the 1907 code of playing rules as
adopted by the National agreement un-
der the head of when base runner is
out rule 66 with the Following Sec
lions says:
Section s-If he fails to avoid a
fielder attempting to field a batted
ball or in anyway .obstructs fielder
or intentionally interferes with
thrown ball; Provided that If two or
more fielders attempt to field a bat
ted ball and the baserunner come in
umpire shall determine which fielder
is entitled to the benefit of this rule
and shall not decide the baserunner out
for coming in contact with a fielder
other than the one the umpire deter
mines to be entitled to field such
ball"
Section of the same rule, says:
IF in running from first to second
base, from second to third base or from
third base to home base, he run more
than three feet from a direct line be-
tween a base and the next one in
regular or reverse order to avoid be-
ing touched by a ball in the hands of
a fielder. But in case a fielder be oc-
cupylng a baserunner's proper path in
attempting to field a batted ball, then
the baserunner shall run out of direct
line to the next base and behind such
fielder and shall not be declared out
for so doing"
It would have been physical impos-
sibtlity for Perry to avoid Walters at
the speed with which he was going
Walters could have fielded that ball
just back of the path on which Perry
was flying. He and Perry We're both
directly on the path and Walker call
ed the runner safe--thats all there is
to It.
For the third time in league game
on the Montgomery grounds, there was
no umpire here yesterday, two being
in Atlanta Just what Judge Kava-
naugh means Is difficult to understand.
but one thing is certain, he Is hurting
the attendance in Montgomery.
1t is TO be hoped there will be an
umpire her today, Harry Vaughn tele-
graphed the league president yester-
day.
WORDSWORTH the first man up in the
first inning. cracked out a nice hit
past third base going to second on
Smiths sacrifice and to third on Gard
ner's hit to Hansen. scoring on Mont
gomery's drive to right.
With two out in the third. Moles-
worth walked. stole second and scored
when Mccain dropped Smiths fly.
Houtz walked in the last of the
when Allcock fumbled Hausen's hit.
Anderson hit a hot one to Turner. but
Houtz by the swiftest kind of base
running was on third before Turner
could wheel and throw to Montgom-
cry and all he could do was to throw
Anderson out at first Houtz dashed
for the plate and scored on the throw.
Housen getting to third. and scoring
when A1lcock messed McCann's hit
Apperious was out on a hit to Mont
gomery and Perry struck out. but the
score had been tied.
It was still tied when the locals
went in for the last half of the ninth.
Perry hit clean, got to second on
Ratchford's hit, when he and Walters
had the mixup Oyler going to Sec
ond and scoring toe winning run on
Balls drive to right.
The score is: