The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Game Was Won and
 Then Lost. HIS UMPHS WAS AGAIN
 CENTER OF COMPASS Locals Had Game Sewed Up to
 Fatal Eighth. xecaaerty Lost Control But Was Held in Box while Two Men He Passed Crossed Pan With
 Another Following.

Tn the most strenuously exciting game of baseball eyer played Tn Mons- gomery, the Climbers ana o rday the game being called on account or az ness with the score standing anu 2.
 Never has the equal or yestergas entertainment been seen here, ana " wouid have been an extremely woooen SndIyidual that would not have pesn vvildiy excited. It was all started py McCafterty's loss Of controi storsnS ersperb ball, only one hit having psen made off him up to the seventh inning His control was perfect anu Benson ln the seventh inning was the hrst Mo Ssia nan to get to second base. the score standing to In favor Of Mont
 Tn In the eighth Nc. Lost control com. uletely, and If he had been taken out wvhsn if was seen that his control was Zone. inc frenzy of excitement that $olIoxved would never have been pulled ofE He was left in' howevssttib a,,v vstb aho bit GIlad the bags. another hit pusning ovnT a couple of runs and the throw from right field that got by the guato et zhe plate registering another, max. 4Tn 1he count stand to 1 in favor or
 ;shs sleirfran went in in the last half of the eight as Massing had oatIea ea 1oE <, rainfuIiy realistic fashion. Grem- snrer prized open the last half with a riean drive to center, stealing second Then Gordon Hickman made ensnf1aid ens ts iaid down a beaut of a bunt, putting Greninger on third and Perry on sec ond The roofing now was sonething ferrffic and besides the roars and roars and great volumes of sound the dis- charne of a cannon would have sound- ed like a small frecracker.
 Then Pope hit a fly that Paul Senteil ,,,eda q gallant try for but missed by the cioseness of an eyelasn, Gremin- ger counting and Perry dashing to third. Then the din was something screeches transforrnin gthe placid scenes of a few moments before Into a veritabie inferno q startling suddenness that almost took ones breath away. Pope nad started to second and Lee Garvin made the short throw to Sentell. Only one run was needed now to tie the score and the crowd was frantic. Senteil shot the ball back to Garvtn, but Fer ry had dashed over the pan betore the Mobile catcher got it. Tne score was been increased it was then, though the crowd had yelled itself almost weak by this time.
 did not get out of the way quick enough and the ball that SenteI fired fo Garvin hurried itself back to the syrandstand. Pope coming into the plate
  aRer Fisher and the entire Mobile crew dashed into the scene of action and had the poor umpire literally swamped in a sea of such gesticula- tions that would have been the envy and despair of Messrs. Bryan or Taft. It looked for awhile as if he was go- ing to call Perry out and then Grem- finger an dthe local outfit swarmed up to the plate and tried to show the 1lnnphs wherein he erred.
 Fiercely the battle waged. first Mobile and then Montgomery getting fhe big end of the oratorical scrap. while the umphs with body guard or about twenty-two athletes around him looked like a leaf on top of boiling kettle of water. Finally it was settled by Moran holding to his decision that Perry had scored and Pope being sent hack to third Shannon being called out for interfering with Garvin and leav- ing the score tied.
 Hub Hart was put in to bat for Mc- cafferty and he hit a.slow one in front of the plate and beat 1t out seemingly. This would have scored Pope and as ft turned out would have won the game for Montgomery by a score of to 3. Moran called Hart out, however, ending the inning with the score standing
 Thomas went in in the ninth inning and retired the side In 1, 2, order,