The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-13
-e@ Excellent Pitching Was a Feature. BILLS AND MAXWELL
 WERE IN RARE FORM Errors Figured Conspicuously in
 Scoring. Wild Throws From Third Hurt Chances of Both Clubs--Maxwen Struck
 Out Sixteen of the
 Memphii.

For twelve innings, every one choek full of lightning-like ball playing InrllIs, and every old thing that one wants at 8 ball game. Memphis and the pms tied up the game in the sixth in- ming. and at the end of the twelfth, when the fast-falling shades of an ear ly september dusk had made the forms of Maxwell. Bills and the two team look blurred to the spectators, "Slats" Davis called the game with the score
 It was a great game of ball. From West End to Sunrise. from Riverside to Cloverdale. you could not get up an argument on that. Just such work as Memphis and Montgomery teams has possibly never before been witnessed on Montgomery ball field.
 Bert Maxwell not only pitched a phenomenal game of ball, but eStab- ltshed record that will take a long while to be equalled in the Southern League. He struck out sixteen bat of them costing anything, two clean hits and one scratch in the first in ming, a clean hit in the fourth, two clean hits and a scratch in the sixth made off him, five clean hits and two scratches in twelve innings.
 Great Pitching.
 Bills pitched a superb game, and made behind him Is considered. he possibly deserves as much credit as the Texarkana lad. One clean hit in the first, three clean hits In the third. and a scratch in the tenth, made the seven hits off Bills. Both pitchers worked steadily and with the smooth Not for the fraction of second did either of them slow up, the wonderful speed being held until the last, both of them finishing as strong, If not stronger, than when they started the first inning.
 Not a hit was made off Maxwell after the sixth inning. while only one. clean hit and scratch was .i1 made bas 1m Br1is able control and steadiness, while Bills gave six bases on balls and hit one batter. He struck out seven men at critical points. Tn the seventh inning Maxwell struck out the three batters that faced him, Hurlburt, Bills and Crysta1is Seven of his sixteen strike, have meant disaster and probably
 R Biiis showed remarkable control when the bases were filled In the out of the hole without a run being
 The game was filled with features, RRt aon 1t Noasmas S naxe carts s0 ss Rhen he % as sensational a catch as has ever been seen on the. local grounds. grab bing Bill Hausen's ny Tn the seventh inning that looked like a pipe.
 How They Scored.
 Both crews pulled over run In the first Crystal beat out a hit to Per ", and Charlie Babb stung one to center Neighbors was out of 1t on a fly, and Busch and Nick Carter struck out It looked rosy for Maxwell then, by punching one out to right field, Crystail scampering over the pan. James ended it with a hit to Nye. but the one run had come in.
 Heniine broke open the last half with drive to center. and advanced on Baxter's sacrifice, going to third on Perry's hit to Bills. It looked good for Bills then, an dwhen Nadeau hit one to Babb it was almost a certainty that the locals would be retired with out a run. In his over-anxiety Babb made @ weird throw to Carey, and