The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
LITTLE ROCK WINS
SEA GULLS DROP SECOND GAME OF
 SERIES.
Torrey, Who Went fn the Box for Mo- bile, was Knocked Out In First Inning and Replaced by
 Hickman

Mobile. May 1-(Special.)-The Trav- elers handed Fisher goose egg to- day and rubbed 1t in by chalking up live big marks on their side of the slate. And they did 1t in style, too
 The game was rattling good one The long waits at the bat. stretched 1t out until dark almost caught the crowd. but while the play was going It was sharp and snappy. Three runs were credited the visitors in the first. not entirely out of reach seemed to bunt their bats. Page walked to first. Speaker got in clean hit and sent the Dill flying out to left field. Daily nnd went down just as he closed on it. He had it. however. and held 1t up in plain view as he stumbled. fell and James. which Is about the same as saying the ball beat him to drst. Page passed on to second. East struck safe stole second. Corners made a safe hit to left field and East passed to third. Wood made hard drive to right field and East and Corners scored. Wood safe by Carpenter amid jeers of the rooters. Hess strikes to Benson who passes to Hart retiring the side.
 Connelly's balls were in reach but were unmana gable. One. two, three, out goes Thornton. sentell and Daily.
 Hickman took Torrey's place fin the box in the second inning; Hess struck to Benson and the ball caught him at first. Connolly walked to first and worked his way around to third. Page sent the ball to Benson and then tried to beat 1t to first but failed. Speaker made a like experiment with James. same result Conelly left stranded on third.
 hold it. McIver advanced Hart one bag but lost out himself. James sent the ball to Collins and stayed at home. Benson had three chances and lost.
 The third passed quickly neither side
 The fourth was with like result. the interest becoming intense. however, when the visitors had the bases full, two out and Collins up. The suspens? was short. Collins sent the sphere to Benson who passed 1t on to Hart at first. Sentell walked to first and was forced out at second when Hart struck to Connolly. Daily neantime had re- tired on fly to Collins McIver sent a sumner to Speaker who made hard and successful run for 1t.
 No scores in the fifth or sixth. In the last half of the sixth, the home boys had the bases covered with two outs Hart was caught off of second, driving Sentell towards the plate. where he was caught.
 In the sevenths Speaker strolled to first Collins bunted and Speaker gain ed second on a close decision. East sent 1t to Hickman and ratired. Com ners forced Collins to second and Speaker to third. Wood scorched Ben- sons hands and Speaker came home. Stark sent ono to Daly who failed and Corners came in. In an effort to catch Stark off the first. the hall went wild and encouraged Wood to make for home. The ball beat him in and the side retired.
 The eighth and ninth failed to alter the figures. At one time in the last 1t looked as if our boys might have a chance to get in one scratch but they fell down on tho chance.
 The attendance was about 2.000. The official report places the paid admis- sions yesterday at 1878. There were fully 3.00o present who did not figure In this amount.