The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-20
The Crackers Were
Lucky.
ROCKY bad BAD. DAY
AT SECOND BASE
Home Crowd Gave Great Exhibition
Of Batting In Third.
Pounded Out Three Triples and Three
Singles on hartley and over
came q so Lead.

combination of dumb work by the
team behind him. the luckiest Of scratch
hits by that lucky Atlanta bunch, sand
wfched with some good clean swats of
Lively. lost the Climbers the first game
Of the series with Atlanta by a score
Of 8 to s.
c, T. was a good crowd that gave the
Cumpers the~ glad hand hen they
started to their positions In the first
put on the enthusiastic fans when the
Crackers lit the fuse and pushed over
four runs in the first round. The
should have sea strsd there
Climbers would have ropped the con-
test BY co ct of s to O..
But the dope was all wrong--some-
5oays pipe went out. and-well. we
Dick Bayiess. the arst man to face
Lively, hit one that Rocky juggled;
Barr. sacrificed him. and sid Smith
made a great run ana knocked down
with plenty of time to throw Smith
out at first. but neither Lively nor
ha g. gotten to the bag in time
Of South Carolina had a lucky hit.
when, by rights, this should have re-
tired the side. Lee, the South Allan
with one out. otto Jordon smashed
one that Osteen stabbed, and, firing to
shannon, killed Bayless at the plate.
Then Newton hit one and Rocky was
easy double play. but II seems that
the grounds have not had mudh work
on them lately, and the inheld was
IKE fS OF piece Of a adamant: Just
few over his head, Smith and Lee
scoring. Then to overflow the cup OF
sorrow. Rocky let McMurray's hit get
awav from him J0rdOn and Norton
scoring. shannon threw McMurray out
stealing second, but four runs were In
on a couple of the punkiest hits ever
with one gone In the third, Lee was
safe on wide throw that Pope made
to Hart. Shannon throwing him out
s1g ss aeJ JORDAN Walked t f saG Ms
Murray hit one that looked easy for
Rocky, but again that billiard table
infield got in It's deadly work and the
scoring and making It 5 to 0.
Then came the greatest exhi6itiSMn ,s Of
punched seven hits and tied the score.
Shannon started 1t with three-bag.
ger and Lively's hit to right scored
him With one os 9nt t kG5w'n All safe
soaked. one for three aDags. Lively and
Kerwln scoring. Osteen hit to second
and Jordan fred II home, Whdteman
decision. Osteen scored on Rocky's
three-bagger and Hub Harris drive to
left scored Rocky and tied the score
Three three-baggers and three bunched
singles were too much for Colonel Bill
lium Smith and Blue-Eyed Billy Bart
ley. the pride Of Atlanta. had been
hammered from the box. Tommy At
kins then went in, but the hitting con-
tinued. Pepe smashing 1t tor two SACKS.
The batting order had started over and
Shannon was at bat again. A hit
would have meant two runs ana won
the game, but he was unlucky enough
over. Not another store did the Gimp
ers get. Atkins having their measure.
Walker ut clean n the fourth and
kerwin's head. Atkins was out on a
hit to osteen- Bayless hit one that
Rocky fred to the plate and quick as
a fash. shannon fred to third. CATCH
ing WalkerN In pocket and finally
running him down. With two out t
looked good, but Barr lift one that
bounded over Rocky's head again. Bay
less scoring with the run that won
the game. The score was: