The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-23
IM0BILIANS ARE MANGLED Malarky's Men Manage to Win. FINE FIELDING; POOR BATTING Visitors Annex Ten Safe Ones Off Montgomery Twirlers. McCay Has Good Bunch, But the Fates,
 the Umpire and the Montees
 Were Against Him in Yes-
 terday's Game.

Manager Malarky's Montgomery men
 mangled Manager McCays Mobilians
 in the first baseball game played at
 Capitol Heights Park. The score was
 a dozen to 8 half dozen e
 The mangling was done just as much
 by the McCays as the Maiarkys. In
 fact the loss of the game was a sort
 of suicide on the part of the Oyster quency of frightul fumbles and my
 riad of miserable miffs. the game would
 most assuredly have gone to them. fine opening day crowd saw the
 up as pretty fielding game as one wants to see; but the Montgomery fa- natics strained their eyes for batting ability. but @ niscroscope was neces- have ito content themselves with the belief that this essential point of the game is latent and by the time of the championship series 1t will be poten- tial.
 The Oystermen got decidedly the best of the willow wailoping, as they an- | nexed ten safeties, including three hits erians secured a sum total of six safe soaks. one of which went for three sacks.
 exception of the local amateur, Nolley. contented themselves with lobbing 1 them over, and at that the principal part of the punches, came while the AlHAtGuT WdE OH. tH65 TFtlR AlHo The big left handler, Walker, made his debut and startled the natives. He did no great Matthewsonian feats. but his size sent sentiment of scare through the younger members of the
 Mobile bunch, and despite the fact that he was using only as much speed as a late local trair and his balls were as
 ooRR Soss for tss he secured me tarse strikes outs fin as many innings.
 Turn about Is fair play" Is one of the saws that Sunday School super intendents, the members of the minority in political party, and the writers of copy books, have been getting off for | To these many moons. Malarky must | have thought the same way, for after being handed the lemon fibations in Auburn by an Auburn enthusiast um- pire, he chose Chief Semple 10 be arr bitter of play at Capitol Heights The
 erstwhile. tobacco salesman was as bad as the Auburn ump. only he was
 bad in the Montgomery direction, which | Is to many, not bad at all.
 He presented the locals with two runs. after the side had really been re- tired in the fifth inning. for which he ! attempted to atone by calling Biggers out when he had the bag by TWO steps. The Chief is a good fellow, put he's certainly a powerful punk umpire. The entire Montgomery. outfit played brilliantly in the field, Biggers, Perry, Sweeney and Connors working with a rapidity that will stop run gettting | field worked perfectly, Lefty Houts pulling off a circus catch soon after | the beginning of hostilities.
 McCay has good minor league ball club coralled, and as soon as they became accustomed to the sod diamond after working in the sand at Mobile
 they played better ball. Although the third basernan. Burden, had a miscue against him in the tally sheet, he play ed we'll at that position, while right fielder Brant gives promises of mak- ing things miserable for many pitchers this summer. Woodic Thornton and | Mickie O'Brfen. quandam local players, | appeared and were given cordial re- | captions Woodie made an error but | hit safe twice.
 The same clubs will play this after