The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07
WEEMS WINS INITIAL GAME Is Given Fast Support
 by Climbers. GRAHAM KNOCKED OUT OF BOX Final Score is II to 4 for Heme
 Team. Auburn College Boy Given Encourage ment by Big Bunch of Rooters,
 cluding His Classmates,
 and Keeps Steady.

'AeA pOth 1dShlll SnOC to pieces, and the local ball team playing a sensational, lightning-like helding game, the irates were as ut- terly helpless as a woman facing a bunch of cows.
 concluded and Tom Fischer had sadly, Pathetically showed the remains of his Bucanneers into waiting bus. the tally sheet read like this:
 Montgomery II, Shreveport A."
 sam Weems was in the box for the Climbers. and while his performance was was good for his first time In league company. he would have come out of that box very badly battered, mis- snapen and sore from head to foot If II II had not been for the Dhenomenal helding of the team behind him.
 The inheld went way down into the ground and dug up hits that looked like they had the mark of safeties on them. while the outfield was every manner that held runners on the bag time after time. Three times during the game lightning double play put Eaet,R sae Rioosn on all chance of Pirate ., Swattfng hard enough to win an or- oinary game. those Pirates pounded m the ball for keeps. but Sam weems to yank the fangs out of them and this, with his super bsupport, rendered t..em absolutely harmless except in the &~ St, SSCOnu dus1 GISnth sessions,
 EveryDody was pulling for the young coi!eglan, a. big bunch of his former classmates from Auburn making the atmosphere ara ansI ring merriIy up in the of delight at every advantage of the nome team. An unusually big crowd was was 9ut, too, and every man. woman ar ana roat, child was ta doing the liyeiest kind up the courage of the young fellow. and at the same time was an inspira- ton to Malarky's team. The result the fastest seen on the home grounds in long time
 Graham lasted something over two innings. during which five hits and his find" Gaskill in, eight more swats pushing over six more runs.
 iWarrender was safe on an infield hit In the first, advancing on Lewees sac rlnce and counting on Daly's three-
 Houtz walked in the last half, reach ed second on Henline's sacrifice, stole third and tied the score on Neal Balls and everybody was safe when Baxter hit towards first. Clark running in on It and nobody getting over to protect the bag Then Baxter started on a steal of second with Ball on third Grafflus chunked it to Lewee who dropped the pill and Ball scurred over the stone.
 Clark walksddn the second and King of the plate to get the bunt. fumbling the ball, both runners going safe. Hausen was not feeling righb and re- tired, seabaugh taking his placa. Graf fus bunted and seabaagh was slow in fielding 1t, the bags being full with nobody out. Weems kept his head and struck Graham out. but Clark and King scored on Warrender's hit, leav- In the last of the third Graham got again. King Juggled Henline's hit and Houtz slid into third. both scoring on came the squeeze. the prettiest thing known to modern baseball. Baxter dumped; bunt towards Graham and Ball was over the plate before the pitcher could touch the ball, the Moose getting safe on the play. Seabaugh bit safe and Fisher decided that MT. Graham was not adorning the box like he wanted him to. sending in Gaskill, the new man. Yates struck out and Baxter was out stealing third, but the score was 5 to 3.
 In the last of the fourth, with one out, Nye was safe on Carr's bum peg. Weems struc kout, but for the third ing on Henlines two-bagger, making the score to B.
 In the sixth it looked like a run. Clark hit safe with one out King hit safe and Grafius hit one to center that looked like one or two runs, but by magnificent stop, Houtz got the ball and held Clark on third, the bags being full. Gaskill hit to third and Perry made the headiest play of the game. It is a question if he could have wheeled and thrown Clark out at the plate, so taking a chance he fired the ball to Wye on second, getting Grafius, Nye firing it to Baxter in time to stop Gaskill completing the lightning double before the run could count.
 In the last of the sixth, the locals soowed up the game. With two out, Houtz smashed one to center for two bags Gaskill and Graffius were so slow in getting Henline's hit that he was safe. Houtz getting to third and Henline stealing second, both scoring on Balls hit, and Ball scoring on Bax ter's two-bagger. Seabaugh hit save and when he started to second, Baxter scored. making 1t Il to 8.
 In the eighth the Pirates made their last run Clark, Graff1us and Gaskill hit safe and Clark scored on Warren der's fly to Houtz making the score II to f. Nothing more was done and 1t wound up this way.
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