The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-10
THE MEMPHII
 TOOK GAME They Had a Rather Easy
 Time of It. SHIELDS WAS INVINCIBLE The Locals Contributed Some Bad
 Plays. The Left Handcr was in Splendid Form and the Climbers Could Do Noth- ing with Him.--some Bad
 Playing.

The hoodoo like the poor is seems Is with us always.
 Van Anda pitched a nice game Of pail yesterday but Charlie Shieds with the jasmine tinted, sidewheeI delivery pitched better one and the Iocais were shut out by score of to 0.
 Ihings were breaking badly for the people back of Van, a compInation or hard luck and errors that came at crucial moments putting them out or the running and piling up the Memphis trol. and giving only one walk. The Memphis southpaw however mad the Indian sign on the locals, SIX of them biting the dust Only five hits were nine of Van Anda. Really there were only eight, Pope tripping up m running backwards on Donahue's fly In the fourth. At last the outfeld was ad- 1usted, Persons going to hts old po- sition in left, Reagan to his old place in right and Hassett In center Per sons was moved up from fifth place to If he will be allowed to lead of as formerly the team will be nearer it's normal condition than 1t has tor months.
 To show the hard luck that van Anda had yesterday the only base ori balls that he gave registered. One of the runs in the ninth came when Van on hit that Baxter felded and threw to him, the ball being dropped by the pitcher on the run, d runner from. third scoring when with any kind of quick work Baxter could have headed of At the plate.
 The runs in the first and sixth in- nings were earyed, the two runs Tn the fourth comgsg in when Pope fell by reason of errors by Pope and Perry just before the former fell and one or the runs in the ninth coming in on base on balls, stolen base and a hit.
 Even with perfect fielding and every thing breaking right the locals could not have won as Charlie Shields had them standing on their heads and five hits would not land very may ball games, one of the five being a scratch by Baxter in the fourth Inning that O'Leary and Shields waited 10 roll foul down, the third base line. The only time that the locals had look in was in the second Inning when Gre minger had hit clean and Pope got trying to @ score from third % on Hassett's hit in front of the plate, O'Leary get ting 1t and touching the runner on the
 Murphy hit clean in the first. Per sons got Babb's' fly and Baxter got Baerwald's foul.
 Murphy started to second and shan non made the throw all right, the bail ner afterwards scoring on Cranston's hit
 o'Leary hit to center and by a nicv NilIOW I1dSSGlL SOl the Ddli tO in time to stop Cranston at the plate
 Gremfnger hit to left in the last Of the second and got to second on Per rvs neat sacrifice, going to third on Pepes Texas leaguer.
 Hassett hit one in front of the plate and Greminger started home but O'Leary got the ball and touched him as he went by him.
 With one out in the fourth Pope and Perry juggled O'Leary and Cary's hits, both advancing on Redmond's hit in front of the plate
 Donahue popped up a fly that Pope was running backwards for when ne tripped and fell the hit falling safe ana both runs counting, making 1t 8 to 0.
 In the sixth O'Leary crashed out a three bagger and counted on Carey's drive to right. @s+v
 Murphy robbed Greminger of clean three 'bagger and knocked the locals out of sure run by circus catch in the seventh.
 Carey. walked in the ninth, stole sec ond went to third on Donahue's drive to center and scored on Shields sacri flee fly to Persons.
 Murphy hit to first, Baxter going af ter the ball and Van Anda running over to cover the bag, dropping the ball when Baxter tossed it 10 him.
 Donahue was sprinting in from third and Baxter could have easily stopped him at the plate with quick throw He threw to Sannon too late and the runner scored. making 1t to 0.
 Nothing resulted in the last halr though Cranston made wild throw Of Pepe's hit. and the game wound up 6 to 0, Memphis. The score was: