The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-12
Both Catchers Run Out
of the Ground.
JUL IS ALSO SENT
AWAY FROM THE FIELD
Montgomery Crowd Claim to Have
Gotten Raw Deal
O'Brien, II is Asserted, Endesvored to
Get Even for the Row In Mont
gomery. and Succeeded,
Atlanta winning.

O'Brien's determined efforts to take
yesterdays game from the Montgomery
club were too pafpable to even admit
of an argument. and II Judge Kava-
for the Montgomery Baseball Associa.
ton to take a decisive stand.
The scene at Capitol Heights last
Thursday SHOULD have taught President
not only a disgrace to the Southern
League, but his utter Incompetence.
vindicttve arrogance Ito be charitable
actions seem to cali for) are rapidly
disgusting the baseball lovers Of the
southern League and materially hurt.
ing the attendance in every city that
fiicted with him. Last Thursday. in the
first Nashville game, he started In with
the deli5srate puspose 81 giving fhs
the piucky uphill game back Of him.
defeated the work OF the umpire. John.
ny Duggan was hammered from the
odds, the Climbers won the game. Az
Greminser and o'srien and that night
the nght between JT , a md. oHren ,s AZ.
walk in front OF the Pick wick. out into
the gutter. with a left hand swing on
the Jaw that made him take the count
Right on the heels OF this ts3rien IL
games in 20 Atlanta d' The Monssomsry
team is hghting for the top 9Th Al, an
before the end of this month. yet
knowing all this, Judge Kavanaugh
details 2 man to umpire the game VINO ss
eSb to Even s1 r Judge
anaugh Is sick. Clark Miller should AZ
least have had better sense, to say
nothing Of discretion. than to put put, this MS
games. Well, O'Brien has had his re.
Venge. Monday there was near riot
by the Climbers who had the game
won. o,Brien givins 1t to Atlanta by
The Climbers won the game 10. At
lanta Tuesday through the great pitch
ing of Forest Thomas and the pinch
the iast OF game ens Of the series oBrisn
had been the umpire on balls and
strikes Tuesday and yesterday 1t
should have been his time on bases,
with Rudderham on balls ana strikes.
again. and as the result showed 1t
looked conclusively as IL 1t was done
with deliberate purpose. It was too
~ the worst of 1t ON balls and 'strikes
-four men had walked In four Ia
nings, two OF them scoring. Even with
that. the Climbers were ngnt,ng a.. an
score was 4 to in favor Of Atlanta.
In the last of the NTH Bayless hit
safe and was on third by wild pitch.
with one out. Barr hit to Lively, who
held Bayless on third and threw the
and Bayless was caught In chase on
the line, Hart finally tagging hiDn. but
O'Brien called him safe and the run
counted. This would have been two
out and Lively got the next man cas-
lily, which would have retired the side.
The decision, though. took the life out
Of the Climbers. There was another
base on balls and a hit, putting in an
other run, making 1t Q to 3 In favor Of
Atlanta. In the next inning there was
a general kick by the Montgomery team
on the decision that let Bayless score,
O'Brien putting Shannon, Jul and Hart
out of the grounds. Guese went on
first, Rocky behind the bat and Bliss
to second base. Thereafter the game
was more of a farce than anything
else, Atlanta getting three more runs
ana Montgomery one more, the game
being called for darkness at the end
to In favor OF Atlanta.
The score was: