The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-22
4 Dazzling Finish to Bril- liant Game. GAME WON AND
 LOST IN TWO INNINGS McCaaerty Was Eaeesive Against the Birds-Hopkins and Rockenneld Make Their Appearance In Montgomery Uniforms--- Fast Fielding by Both
 sides.

Picking up the biggest bat he could
 ind, Rickert walked out to the plate. McCaffefty bent one over that fairly whined and Rickert bit at it. then he
 landed on the second, firing 1t to Pope;
 The little short scooped it up and
 burnt it over in time to get him at first. 1 Manning was more lucky and singled neatly over short. but he stayed on 1 first, for Lord flew out to center and
 Rohe died. Pope to first.
 Persons started the excitement for l the home team by beating out a bunt | Hopkins famed. but while he was wiping at the ozone Persons annexed second. Regan sacrificed to center I sending Persons to third and the faith Iui ones gioating over the play, yeowl- | ed their delight. Greminger struck one out to center that the Pelican nabbea without moving his feet. Baxter tried to play funny and beat out bunt. but died before he was started. Mill and Hubert did special. ty indian club stunt and went back to Frank on the bench to be comforted Perry started the last half of the sec ond moving with a. hot one to Huber, but the little infielder collared it and caught him a yard from first. Then something dazzling beautiful happened; Rockenfield walked. Pope came next and laced one over third to right field sending Rock to second and taking | first at walk. Then shannon waltzed over to the rubber and started a tattoo | on 1t with the stick. Ginger sent him teassr as s.,,,r, but shannon found 1t and sent l field scored from second and Pope
 reached third in safety but bum coaching on the third base line sent easily caught. But man had come in and the fans were happy.
 The third inning was not a bit excit- ing. only one man reached first. and easily passed for an error. The fourth opened with Naming teetering on his toes at the plate. The best he got was followed him, walked. As usual. when man walks things happen and yester- day was no exception. hardly had he reach ed first when Rohe drove one back home tieing the score.
 Baxter hit rather warm one to third but Perry preferred gloatIng over the death struggles of Rohe and sent fine ball to Pope to finish the visitors half of the inning.
 ber sawed off two nice grounders Perry and Rock sent him, but only stood and gazed when Pope lifted one over him. a yard out of reach. that went back to the fence. It was a neat two bagger. shannon did his best to bring in the little fellow, but a fly to right was the best he could do and the chance was gone.
 Huber started the fifth with an out short to first, and Mo didn't even give the New Orleans battery a smell of the ball.
 When Me. went to the bat, in our half Clark treated him in similar fashion. and only allowed Persons a fly to left that was easily handled. Then the strankest play that ever was seen on the local lot was pulled of. fC work. Hopkins hit hot grounder to first. but the ball was not too hot to handle. Baxter squatted to get 1t, lost his balance and chnckled 1t half way to second. Mil sailed in. caught it and sent it back to first. q trifie wild, anyway Baxter didn't catch 1t and Hopkins went on. without having stop ped running. to second anchoring safe All this was too much for Reagan and when he reached fhs bat there was fire in his eyes. grvopi" Out and up, up and away the ball flew. then gracefully descended in front of the bleachers. but Hopkins scored be- fore 1t hit ground and Reagan land cd on third. Greminger flied the long hit play, too, but the ball was caught
 Three infield outs. the last a pretty stop by Perry, was all the visitors got I in the sixth. And neither did the Climbers score. but they gave Clark a chance to make a pretty double when Perry, after beating out a deep in- field grounder, was caught off second on Rockenfleld's attempted sacrifice that turned into a pop fly. Pope pop ped out to second.
 Rohe made first on an error at third in the opening of the seventh, but Me Canerty caught him mapping. Bax- ter flew out to left and then Persons made one of the prettiest catches go- ing Mil sent one out past the club house in left field. but Persons raced back for it and pulled it down.
 That first man up-base on balls" affair again was demonstrated in the home boys half of the. seventh
 Shannon got four bad ones and was neatly sacrificed by Mo. but stayed there while Persons popped to second. hoodooing a ball that he hit to short. causing Huber to throw wild to first With Reagan up. Hopkins dashed off toward second and Strattop bit on the down to second and it reached the bag long before Hopkins was there: back went the chunky fellow and shannon on third was not slow in taking the ctacher threw to second, Spike sailed for home. Huber caught the throw to get Hopkins and he. too, bit on the play. pfeferring to make a try at get fieider played up and down the line long enough for shannon to score and
 Fresh from the modification of the fiasco,- Huber and Stratten, died easily. the first, second to first, and Stratton on neas1y fly to center Clark went out, third to first the eighth with a two-bagger but he was left on the base. Then the game. with the opening of the ninth. began in. earnest. Frank must have said things about cutting pay to his men for they sailed in to do business. Rick art led Of with a single to left, and Manning followed with a fly to the Persons fell, Rickert scoring and Man ming going to second. Lord eased the nervous strain with an out. third tn first. hut Rohe damned one over third that sent Manning over the rubber and put himse on second. Then Mont gomery frightened up and although Mil was walked, Huber left the men there with an out, short 10 H-st.
 It seemed hard after having lead things up in the ninth, and RoekOnfeld tried nightly to win the game by his loneEome: he drove one out to left for two sacks and might have gone on to third but didn't. And there ne was left for Pope popped out to third; shannon died, third to first. and Mo. flew out to center
 The crowd that had been whooping as they started out of the stand eased back to it's seats sheepishly and began to root again. But the noise died to whisper when Mathews. who had re- lieved Stratton. singled to left and was, followed by a nice sacrifice by Bartley.