The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
NOW FOR THE SOUTHERN RAG Pelicans Lost All But Confidence. THEY HOPE TO HIT SETON Big Punches of Money Bet on
 Result. Manager Bernhard Says Baseball is tuncertsin, But He will win--
 Today's Game Decides The Pennant.

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 Nashville Tenn, Sept. 1s.-(special.) For the first time. possibly in the his- tory of any, baseball league, a pennant will. be decided on the. last day of the each other and their star twirlers in
 By turning the tables on the Pelicans Friday the Volunteers have once more they are on their home grounds and will have their spit-ball artist, Vedder Sit- ton. in the box. The Pelicans haven't hit spitball pitchers much this year, and Sitton Is rated as one of the best sponge -squeezers who has ever broken into the. league. Against Sitton in the last game will be pitted Grand old nd Tns ass nas t6an mors sns twirler in the league. If the Volun- teers win today, they will win the pen- nant by one point. If the Pelicans win they will have the championship by
 The chief cause of the Pelicans' down. fall today was the ineffectiveness of Silver Bilf' Phillips. The Volunteers rapped him for ten hits,. one of which was a home run over the high right field wall. Bills support was only fair. Nashville scored three runs on errors Phillips in the box contrary to all ex- pectations. He thought Duggan would be easy, to beat, but the Pelicans never did bunch many hits on him.
 Tn the SIH6lCSs Oy Ouh0OA anu Phillips, put the Birds in front but that was just for a minute. The Vol unteers tied 1t, up on triple by But Ter and long fly by Hurlburt big lead. Singles by .Duggan, East and McSlveen,. with Rohe's wild heave to first after fielding Bays intended sac- rifice, gave the .iocal team three.
 Dundon punched two errors in the seventh. allowing Butler to get to third so that he could score on Bays hit.
 In the ninth Daubert lifted his sec fed SeH neRst eigsteen-foot CT foe seaT smbanEmenf % I
 Today's crowd was near the 5000 mark, about as, large as Thursday when there, were 4.700 paid admissions. It Is expected that about 5000 will wit ness the deciding contest tomorrow af-
 Most of the New orleans players win leave Saturday nignt Tor Cincinnati. Sunday with the Wiedemanns.
 Nashville, Sept. 1s-(special)--Th are by no means lacking in confidence of winning the pennant by coppins the last game of the season
 Briscoe Lord said:
 'sWe1l beat Sitton. We can hit 2 spit ball pitcher on these grounds and it's a cinch they wonthit Briet much"
 Bill Stickney. Montgomery's Secre- tary.r who Is acting road secretary TOT
 "The Pelicans hit everything our pitchers siished out They'll hit 5it- toms spit ball enough to win. They're the best ball team the Southern League has had since 1905."
 Charles Frank said:
 ''The pennant is ours if we set an even break in the luck. Watch our boys take an early lead"
 Manager Bernhard said:
 Baseball is uncertain at best, but we're going in to win.
 Several thousand dollars was won on today's game. New Orleans supporters grabbed a lot of the 9100 to $50 which Nashville supporters offered.
 Tonight the betting on the pennant switched from to on New Orieans to 10 to g on Nashville.
 Today's score: