The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
ITS MURDER
 MOST FOUL Malarky's Men Are Horribly Slaughtered. SCORE ONE LONELY RUN Walsh and Walker Easy for the
 Pelicans. New Orleans Scores m Easy Victory Over Montgomery Much to the
 Disgust of the Local
SCORE ONE LONELY RUN
It was not Mir. walsh's day. It was not MT. Walkers day.

It was not the Montgomery teams day.
 These three facts were forcibly im- pressed upon the minds of several hundred fans who went out to the Cap itol Heights ball grounds yesterday afternoon to hear Jack Higgins give a description of the New Orleans-Mont- gomery game.
 One other fact impressed itself on the think factories of those fans. 1t was Manuel and the New Orleans teams day. To be candid, this fact was so glaringly intrusive that nobody had to think-they just knew. that's all.
 Incidentally, the final score was: New Orleans, II; Montgomery, 1. But large part of the crowd was not aware of what the final score was, for in pathetic, eloquent silence. they streamed out of the grandstand after the cyclone of hits and errors had spent its fury in that awful fourth inning Walsh started the game but after balk, base on balls and eith- CT some fast base running by the Pel- jeans or dumb work by Montgomery, two runs were showed over in the first inning. Then in the second, after the hrst two men up walked. Malarky saw was taken out, Walker succeeding him But every inch of the unabridged anat- orny of the long chap seemed crowded with hits waiting for Charlie Franks crew to make use of.
 And they did 1t. There is not the least ar"''-~' "~t on that score
 Before the Donnybrook Fair was oyer ten large swats had been made on MT Walker. When the Pelican crew were not clouting the ball the Montgomery, team were making a mess of things in general, a luscious cluster or six Juicy errors helping to put in the nine additional runs for the Peli- cans. They already had two which rph Ho f,.
 Some Excuse for It.
 There are lots of excuses for Ma larky's team, however. They had played some superb ball in Shreveport two fifteen inning tie games must have told on them. They were human be- ings of flesh and blood and not ma chimes. In addition to this there was t9e @ nights ride from Shreveport. and ly entitled to little laxity this Mont gomery team was yesterday
 In the very first inning, Montgomery came pretty near scoring. but it was a postmortem. Houtz had walked and got to second on Balls sacrifice Han- u sen struck out and when Gatins kick ed Baxter's hit, Houtz got to third. but Manuel saved himself by striking out
 Phil Nadeau walked in the last hal, and went to second on Walsll's bagk getting to third on Scrap Iron Beech. ens eps punt tn we,sb to Baxter; Joe Eickert hi throw clean. Sabrie drove one T te right and Rickert sprintei to third sabrie going to second on the throw to stop Rickert at third. Then they worked the squeeze. Gaston bunting to Perry and Rickert dasniny over the plate, and Jakey Atz ending it with a
 In the last of the. second things perked up bit-but it was of short duration. With the two men that Walsh had walked. Walker was sent in Gatins out at third. Then Nadeau hit to Perry and there was a double, Strat- ton getting caught at third and Ma
 In, the third cane the only run for Montgomery. Walker led off with a terrific terrific drive to left for two bags. Walker out at third, Houtz sprinting to third on Balls hit to left. Then Montgomery worked the squeeze, Haul dashing over the plate. Baxter ending it with d hit to Atz. The score was now to 1 in favor. of New Orleans and this was the only time during the corded cheerful smile.
 In the last half of the, third the Peltcans made it to when Walker him and sabrie scoring him with a hit to right.
 It was in the last of the fourth thai the grandstand in Montgomery began to suddenly empty itself. Gatins led off with hit to left. stratton Bunted to Walker, who wheeled to throw Gatins out at second. the ball bsine dropped by Nye and both runners landing safe. Then Manuel hit to Bal who threw to catch Gatins at third Perry dropping the ball. Bali messed Nadeau's. hit and Gatins scored, Strat- ton scoring on Beecher's hit to left Rickert hit safe and the Frenchmar scored. Sabrie hit safe and BeechcI and Rickert scored. Gaston was out on foul to Hausen and Sabrie got to third on passed ball. Atz walked but Gatins ended with a hit to Per ry, five runs having come in end :he score being to 1. One more cdn,e ir the last of the fifth. when stfattor scoring on Nadeau's hit.
 The last runs came in the last of the sixth. Sabrie smashed it to left for two nags but was caught going tj third, Gaston hit safe and scored or Atz's two -bagger. Atz scoring on Cat ins,, hit-,this, made the score II to l | and it closed that way The score was: