The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08

ketcher's mask. Well Fink he went to first because Hod hit him, but he never got home being as Twig Barclay the next Giunt struck out.
 Then the Cladiaters went to bat. Lem Brown he was the first man to strike out and follering him come Snide Pet ersby. Snide he bunted the ball fur enuff in front of him to make first base by the skin of his teeth. Follering him Lige Green hit the ball wallop clean over into left field which let Snide git to third and Lige to second Then Plu- tarch Stone swiped the ball clean over the pitchers head but the centre fielder fumbled 1t and so Plutarch got to first. Snide ort to of got home but he was swapping gossip with one of the Giunts on third and the pitcher had the ball back before he realized it.. This was the most exsiting period of the game--a man on every base. Bmg- vile folks was cheering as loud as they could holler when Bug Homans went to the bat. Bug he knowd that a awful responsibility rested on his shoulders and he was probably exsited for he struck at the ball twict and mist it both times. Then Bug he spit on his hands and got mad and give out that he'd knock the paclin outen that ball the next time it come to him.
 We'll next time Bug hitted it swat which sent 1t along to the left of the pitcher like a bullet. The pitcher tried to stop it but couldn't, but the centre fielder did and throwd 1t to the fletcher who put out Snide then he throwd 1t to third who thort he put out Lige and then throwd it to second just as Flu tarch struck him in the stummick head first. Meanwhile Bug got to first and Snide run on home.
 It was awful excitin. Everybody hol- lered for judgment. Seth Dewberry our lion hearted town constubble also umpire said that none of the Bingvilles had been put out and what follerd this announcement simply beggers descrip- shion. The Giunts surrounded Seth and
 siiuk their fists under his nose and called him liar and other names too numerous to mentschion. Seth he called them twict what they called him and told them that unless they was leetle mite keer- ful in the langwidge they used he would rest them for deflamashion of charac- ter.
 Presently sumbuddy struck Seth a crack on the jaw and the next minnit the Giunts and the Gladiaters was mkt up in one of the worst scrimmages that has ever took place in our midst. They
 fought like cats and dogs and presently the specktaters swarmed on the field and got mkt up in it also. After nu- merous persons had their clothes tore offen their backs and their eyes blacked and their noses flattened out aginst their features the fight kind of petered out of its own accord and the Hardscrabble Giunts started for home follered by the visitors from Hardscrabble much to the relief of everybody present.
 Seth Dewberry umpire was the worst used up of anybuddy. Seth says that the Giunts don't seem to have much. re- speckt for the law and that the next time the Bingville Gladiaters play a match baseball game they will haft to get soniebuddy besides him to do the umpiring being as there ain't nothink in 1t for him except a couple of black eyes, buddy nose, and numerous skalp injuries.
 ALI things considered, Bingville won the ball game from the Giunts.