The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-04
WALSH WINS FROM BILLS Memphis Loses Fast Contest, 5 to 3. TEXAN PITCHES STRONG GAME Baxter and Yates Wield Big Stick
 With Gsod Effect. Visitors Touch Up Local Twirler For Five Hits In sixth Inning, Put- ting Them Ahead in Tally
 

The locals copped the second game of the Memphis series yesterday by a score of to 3. making six won and two lost of the nine games played at home so far.
 By a coincidence, both pitchers cry 6 to 1 on. the last Western trip were in yesterday. Walsh paying with interest the debt that he owed Bills Tor the beating in Memphis.
 for the first time he was able to control his speed. True, he plunked a couple or Babbites. but he struck out seven of them and did not give a base on scattered singles had been made of him-Carey in the first and Ne.ghbors In the second.
 In the sixth his combination went ing a couple of two sackers. were punched on him, not even a scratch being made from then on.
 His support was clean. Baxter mak- up for it, however, by cracking out a couple of two baggers. Yates did some hefty work with the stick himself, get ting three bagger and long sim gle.
 Bills did not have the control that the Texan had and hits were clumped on him in the sixth and eighth innings. His support was very much on the blink, too. and with this combination the finish was easy.
 In the first three sessions the locals got a couple of men across the plate without a. hit having been made. the Messrs Bills and Hurlburt, pushing the run over in the first and MT. Babb him self kindly assisting in getting in the local run in the third
 inning when Carey smashed a two bag ger. Walsh stopping the fun by striking out Richards:
 MT. Bills attempted to perforate the anatomy of MT. HoutZ in the last halI of the first, Houtz stealing second. Then Henline, in trying to sacrifice, dumped bunt that Bills ran In ana threw wild to Cary, Houtz tearing a1id ing under the big Memphis catcher when the latter dropped the ball. Hurlburt almost caused another run when he dropped the third strike on Ba Bs lstng Sakea saatee pss retrsd the next two batters on fly balls.
 The second run of the game was brought in by Fred Houtz, who sprint peg of his hit. counting on Henline's long fly to Owens. again sliding under Hurlburt
 In the fourth it looked a bit safronish nificent catch of Richards long fly and Wye made fast play stabbing Carter's hit and getting his man at first. Then Neighbors hit towards cred the bag quick enough when Bax- ter ran in to field the ball. The re- suit was that when he chunked 1t to first. there was nothing but a vacuum second. Seabaugh got hold of the bali just as Neighbors started to third and fired 1t over there. It got away from Perry but Fred Houtz ran In 9i an9 in time to throw Neighbors outH at
 In the sixth the Babblers Jumped all of their hits. And it hurt MT; walsh punch to center, sprinting to third when Carey hit one past Baxter on first. Richards landed on two bag ger and the Memphis, mana manaser cIonteu IanSed stop of Carter's hit and struck Neigh bors out. Hurlburt smashed out an other two bagger, Carey ana Klcharos scoring Bills hit to left and Huriourt m strikine out Plass, leaving the score 3 to in favor of the other people.
 In the last of the sixth the locals came back with sger vengeasGed aGd tieS dA tSe score on Seaubaugh's drive to center. Yates almost lost the ball when ne hit 10 center for three bags, Seaupaush n counting and untieing the score Fer struck out and Walsh was out out on aoa a hit to Plass. But the game had been awinned," the score being to in With two out in the last of the sev- enth Ball hit safe and scored corndeS %nen osat a two bagger. leaving it to 3:
 Walsh grew stronger the longer he went, not hit being fIrInS made tSe Sfter game me slipped in the sixth fayor innioS of the @ locais @ The score was: