The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
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All Over in First
Round.
LIVELY HEAVILY POUNDED
DeBalt Finishes Game After Miser-
able Start.
Beautiful Pitchers Battle After Third
but Two Hits Secured From :.
DeBalt, to None From
Tommy Atkins.

The fans down at Jack Higgins place
found out one thing yesterday, anu
that is tina Sir William smith nos ors
has q bunch OF people thas Ss raanIe
that know how to pitch that bali. ~,
III was q sweet, solemn story tnas
came over the wires. Those VI ~
IL the fuse ana won won t droy s 1ack Live
~ off the mound with i've puncneo
hits. a two-bagger, three-bagger, cou-
pie of hunts that went saIe. anu
couple Of singles, putting over the
opening OF the second and except TOT
that inning he had the Cracker soat.
They punched couple OF tWo-passerrs
and with an tnfield hit that has was T Sale
the Atlanta hitting and scoring stopped
with ons more run. One hit IN the
third and one in the NTH was all mat
they got after the second. s,,,,
for Atlanta, and he had things all MS
own way. Dan Kerwin bear out
hunt in the third inning ana GfenlInss.
tore of q single in the second ana
Three hits .(count 'em. three) were
made of Mr.. Atkins who last year Wa
not good enough 10 be on the Al 1890
pitching staff Incidentally ne struchh
out Pepe and Persons twice. Mahusn
ana pefsalt once each. the only bases
an halls that he gave being In the tnir9
Inning. when he walked shannon ana
DeBalt That was the only time our
ing the performance that ne was ="
Jopdan beat out bunt that Lively
could not get to with one out In the
second. McCurry pasted one 70 TlSnt
ters hit one to Lively and got to first
before the throw, croking the sacks.
Sir Isaac Newton hit one past Pepes
and the captain Of the Atlanta aggre,,
cation counted, leaving the bags stili
fuII. Mr.. Moran then proceed to pune
fure the bags with three-bagger. NC
Murry. winters and Newton streaming
over the plate. Rohn hit to center, but
out al the pan, Walker ending 1t with
iy to Persons. But the four runs
DeBait went in in the second and
and got to third on Otto yordan's two
Dagger. McMurry hit to Pope and Bay
less was caught In a chase between
third and home. finally getting out;
McMurry, but Newton ended 1t with a
Nv to Manush. making 1t to o..
In the third the Climbers looked dan
gerous. Shannon walked and got 70
third on Atkins wild pitch. Then At
kins was in a hole. and instead of let
ting DeBait hit. the bail. walked him.
shannon scoring On Days sacrifice fly.
esTsosss sunt sro to 1sSas Pvt f ssas
out 4 bunt, fiiing the bags. Gremin-
gers two-bagger drove in DeBalt and
Persons. Kerwin scoring on Rocky's
hit to Newton, Newton got Pepe's line
drive, and the round was over with the
score standing to ia big change.
Moran walked in the last half of the
third, got to second on Robes hit to
Greminger. and scored on Walkers hit
to left, DAILY throwing Walker out at
second. But the score was now Z to 4.
1t was a nice pitchers fight from
then on, only two scattered hits be-
ing made of DeBalt, and not another
hit of Atkins. The game wound up
with a score of to 4 In favor of At
lanta.
A high wind made 1t hard work for
both pitchers and helders. Sid Smith.
who was catching for Atlanta, had his
and was obliged to retire, The hand
is split between the thumb and fore
Appar Ccora.