The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-13
MAXWELL IS
 EASY MARK. f Atlanta Swats Arkansas
 Boy Hard. MAlARkY LOSES THIRD GAME Nye Plays Short, Sweeney Being
 Handed Sour Fruit.
Ten Hits Secured on Bert Maxwell. Besides Other Battery Errers,
 and He Is Relieved by Bur-

As something soft for the Atlantai batteries one Bert Maxwell, late of Texerkana, Ark. was a dazzling suc- cess yesterday, They had the time of their lives hitting them where they ain't." During the course of the af- ternoon a bundle of ten good. hard swats were showered upon the devoted Maxwellian head. that young man giv- ing up at the same time, three bases on balls and hitting a batter. every one of them doing a good bit of dam age.
 Nye showed up pretty well at short. as did Ratchford at first, these two with Corners. Perry and Sam Apper- horrible day at second and assisted Maxwell materially in advancing the Atlanta run getting.
 Baxter Sparks was in for the other bunch and while he did not have good control-giving a quarter, of walks and striking out only. one batter, which proved to be poor MT. Maxwella-he kept the six hits made off him well scattered. except in the ninth inning.
 The prettiest play of the game was in the third inning, when Fred Houtz by a great bit of baserunning got from first ito third base and was squeezed home by Yves perfect bunt.
 Nye left for Atlanta yesterday morn ing and succeeded Sweeny at short yesterday afternoon, the latter receiv- ing lemon from Malarky.
 The story of the game, as reported by wire at Higgins matinee. follows.
 Sparks walked Houtz in the first in- ming, getting to second on Yves neat sacrifice Corners walked, but was dropped Mccann's fly, Houtz getting to third. Sam Apperious punched a McCann scoring. Apperious was Winters hit safe fe0Ghe the first time up and got to third, when Maxwell made a wild throw of Jordon's bunt, Winters coming home on Smiths fly to McCann. Becker struck out and Dyer was out
 Perry was out on a hit to Jordon in the second, Ratchford and Hausen on hit and fly to Castro.
 Fox was out on fly to Houtz in the hit safe and Sparks ended it with a fly to McCann.
 Maxwell struck out in the third. Houtz walked and on wild pitch. got full working of the squeeze, Nye laying down the neatest kind of bunt to- wards first base and Houtz dashing for Getting out at first. Connors ended it with bunt to Sparks, but Montgom- cry had three runs-count 'em, three more than, they have made solar this season.
 This must have been getting rather monotonous to the Atlanta bunch and George Winters gave Maxwell rude jolt by sending the ball out to left f9T ssorfgs so Smiths fly, to- Apperious; This must walked Becker. and Perry fell down on Dyer,s hit. both scoring sec ring when ;n,, Jim Paskert was hit by the ball and Max we'll picked up the pieces and struck out the hard hitting Castro: But the score was to in favor of the other fellow by this time.
 The fourth was short. McCann was out on a hit to Jordon. Apperious hit safe, but went to sleep and was thrown out, at first. Perry was out on a hit to Jordop.
 Sparks was out on a. hit to Nye in don was at bat when Maxwell made wild pitch, Winters getting to second. in time to catch him at third. Jordon striking out.
 Ratchford hit safe in the fifth. Haul sen was out on a fly to Paskert and Maxwell on a fly to Becker, Ioutz end ing it with a hit to Jordan.
 Smith was out on fly to Ratchford in the last half. Becker hit safe to left but was caught stealing second, Dyer ending it with hit to Corners.
 It was one, two, three in tho sixth. Wye was out on a fly to Castro, Con- ners on a fly to Jordan and McCann on a hit to Sparks.
 Fox walked in the last half and was sacrificed by Paskert. scoring on Castro's twobagger. Sparks was out on hit to Corners, Perry juggled Winters hit, Castro getting to third and he and Winters scoring on Jor- dams safe one. Jordan scored on Smiths drive Smith getting out steal ing second. But the score was now s to 3.
 Apperious was out on a hit to Fox in the seventh. Perry hit safe, Ratchford was cut on a fly to Paskert and he did the Sam Apperious stunt,