The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-21
New Orleans Cops Sec
ond Contest.
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WINNING RUN, SCORES ON
QUESTIONABLE DECISION
For Two Days Local Patrons Have
Not Had Umpire.
TIE relieans Won the Game ~ ssers
Of I-s. ana rhers Were ssv-
srsi Close Plays = =
Ds Made.

In listiess. disappointing kind Of
game--not disappointing alone because
the Pelicszs got the big end of the
score--New Orleans nosed the Climb
ers out yesterday afternoon BY score
: II Judge Kayaanugh wants to ruin
baseball In Montgomery he could NOT
take surer method than the one
that has been in vogue for the past
two days Not since the team has re-
turned nome has. there been League
umpire ut Capitol Heighls-Mvnday
there was no judge OF play here, Snan.
non and Mathews having TO umpire
the game.
fresiqsnt Chambers Immediately
dition OF affairs. Again yesterday no
League umpire showed up at the
grounds and the same two payers had
10 ofi1ciate. A message was received
had been ordered to Montgomery yes
terday was suddenly taken sick on the
road. That of course was unavoidable
but how about the failure TO have
an umpire in Montgomery Monday
Tne game Is robbed of half its In
terest when players OF the two teams
have tn umpire the game--no matter
how competent or conscientious they
are, the patrons of the game lose In
terest and the game 10 more OF . drag
Monday the home team was hitting
Breftenstein 80 hard that there was
day, however, close decisions were as
thick as fiys around molssses aug:
At least four of these decisions had
radical bearing on the result OF the
er -umpires were right In their decisions
or not, the fans will never give them
credit for them. For instance, IL look
ed as II Dexter was safe 1t the plate
called him out on an extremely close
decision; and again 1t looked as IL
Lindsay was out In the eighth, Ma
thews calling him safe on close de-
cision and Hill scoring the winning
The entire result of the game hinged
on these two innings In the sixth
with one down. Huelsman hit one 20
trying to make q quick throw and get
his man at first, threw wild to Grem-
niger, the big Pelican going TO second.
Then Dexter hit a sharp one that Pope
head on the dying Huelsman. 1t was
a lightning piece of work ana Pepe
deserves great credit for II: He got
the bali to the bag ahead OF the Pei
and both runners were safe. DeMont
hit one to Thomas and buchanan was
caught between third and home, Dexter
getting to third Then DeMont started
down, Dexter started for the plate. The
ball was shot back to Hart and on
pretty close decision Dexter was called
out at the plate, though the throw
to Hart was high and Dexter was over
the plate before Hart touched him.
Hill hit safe In the eighth, and stole
second. With one gone Dexter hit Q
long fly to left center neld, Hill maxi
ing a sprint for third. Thomas then
walked DeMont and with two gone
Lindsey smashed one that Pepe got
Lindsey was sprinfing down the line
to first and Hill was sprinting down the
line from third. Lindsey and the ball
reached first pretty close together, but
1t looked as II the ball beat the rum
ner. This would have retired the side,
but Mathews. who was working the
bases, called the runner safe and Hilfs
score counted.
Hess was given better support than
Thomas Both pitchers worked great
games and both kept their hits so
Scattered that with the exception of
the eighth inning, they did not amount
to anything, fast base running and a
objectionable decision giving the Pei.
leans the game in that round.
The score was: